Tel Kaif District

Tel Kaif Classical Syriac: ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ‎, Arabic: تل كيف‎
Tel Kaif District (blue) in Ninawa
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh
Seat	Tel Keppe
Area
• Total	1,244 km2 (480 sq mi)
Population  (2003)[citation needed]
• Total	167,647
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Tel Kaif District (also Tel Keyf, Tel Kayf, Tel Kef or Tel Keppe (Classical Syriac: ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ‎), (Arabic: تل كيف‎)), Aramaic for "Stony Hill", is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is majority Assyrian and Yazidi with a minority of Arabs.

Towns and villages include:

• Tel Keppe
• Alqosh
• Khatarah
• Tesqopa
• Batnaya
• Sharafiya
• Baqofah
• Bozan
• Beban
• Babirah
• Dughata
• Sreshka
• Khoshaba

See also[]

• Assyrian settlements
• Assyrian homeland
• Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq

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