Sharafiya
Place in Nineveh, Iraq
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Sharafiya (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܪܦ̮ܝܼܵܐ, romanized: šarfīyā, Arabic: شرفية, romanized: šarafiyya, Kurdish: شەرەفیە, romanized: şerefye) is a village in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq, a sub-district of the Tel Kaif District situated 40 km northwest of the city of Mosul and is on the main road that connects Mosul to Alqosh, which it is only 5 kilometers south of.
Sharafiya
ܫܲܪܦ̮ܝܼܵܐ شرفية | |
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  Sharafiya | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′20″N 43°5′46″E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh |
| District | Tel Kaif |
| Population | |
• Total | 500 |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Prior to its destruction by the Islamic State, it was home to about 400 families.[1] After the defeat of the Islamic State in the region by the Kurdish Peshmerga, the village's Church of St. George was restored and baptisms of infants resumed in January 2018.[1][2]