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Bashiqa (Arabic: بعشيقة‎, Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܫܝܩܐ), is an historically Assyrian town located in the Mosul District of the Ninawa Governorate in Assyria, northern Iraq. Its name comes from the Assyrian Neo-Aramaic words "Bet" and "Ashiqa," meaning "House of lovers." Bashiqa's residents are mostly Kurds (Yezidis and Shabaks) as well as a minority of Assyrians, and Arabs Muslims.^[1] Bashiqa is famous for its olive trees, olive oil, and soap. It is also famous with its onion, pickles and arak. It used to be a tourist destination to the locals in Mosul and Iraqis in general. Bashiqa is surrounded with a small mountain to the north and farms of olives all around the town.

In 2007, the town square was the location of the Murder of Du'a Khalil Aswad, a Yazidi woman who was stoned to death by a crowd.

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v t e Nineveh plains region in northern Iraq
Main settlements	Al-Hamdaniya District Bakhdida Bartella Karemlesh Bashiqa Bahzani Tel Keppe District Tel Keppe Alqosh Batnaya Tesqopa Baqofa Sharafiya Shekhan District Ain Sifni Dashqotan Qasrok Ba'adra
Ancient Mesopotamian sites	Balawat Shibaniba Nimrud Dur-Sharrukin Tell Arpachiyah Tepe Gawra
Religious sites	Mar Mattai Monastery Rabban Hormizd Monastery Lalish Mar Oraha Monastery Mar Behnam Monastery Naqortaya Monastery

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