Ankawa

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Cathedral of St. Joseph, Ankawa
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Ankawa
Second Church of Ankawa
Second Church of Ankawa

Ankawa (Assyrian: ܥܢܟܒܐ), is an Iraqi town of about 20,000 people, in practice a suburb of Arbil, in Northern Iraq. The town is predominantly Christian, who are Chaldean and Assyrian.[citation needed] The town houses the compounds for the majority of the NGOs and international organisations active in the Iraqi north. The town is the closest settlement to Erbil International airport[1].

The majority of the refugees that left Ankawa now lives in Sweden (3,000), with Australia (2,000) being the second most common destination. The rest has mainly settled in Canada or the USA. The current security situation in Ankawa is good, which has lead to an influx of internally displaced persons from other parts of the north[2].

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  • Chron.com Christian town fights to stay afloat in Iraq.

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