Tel Keppe District

Tel Kaif Classical Syriac: ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ, Arabic: تل كيف
Tel Keppe District (blue) in Ninawa
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh
Seat	Tel Keppe
Area
• Total	1,244 km^2 (480 sq mi)
Population  (2003)^[citation needed]
• Total	167,647
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Tel Keppe District (also Tel Keif, Tall Kayf, Tel Kayf or Tel Kef (Classical Syriac: ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ), (Arabic: تل كيف)), Aramaic for "Hill of Stones", is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is majority Arab with a minority of Kurds.

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