Sharafiya is a village located in Nineveh Governorate in Iraq.
Sharafiya | |
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  Sharafiya | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′20″N 43°5′46″E / 36.68889°N 43.09611°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh |
| District | Tel Kaif |
| Population | |
• Total | 500 |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
The village is located about 40 Kilometers 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. 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]
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- ^ "Battle rages for control of Mosul dam". Al Jazeera. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2024-05-04.