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{{Assyrian culture}}
The following is a '''list of current [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] and towns and villages'''. A substantial number of Assyrians Chaldeans in the Middle East live in cities and not rural areas because of events during the 20th century (see [[Assyrian genocide]].) These cities include [[Arbil]], [[Duhok, Iraq|Dohuk]], [[Mosul]], [[Baghdad]], [[Kirkuk]], [[Basra]], [[Tehran]], [[Urmia]], [[Aleppo]], [[Damascus]], [[Homs]] and [[Istanbul]]. Inhabitants of these villages and towns are Assyrian Chaldean people who speak Aramaic and follow primarily the [[Assyrian Church of the East]], [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church]], [[Syriac Catholic Church]] and [[Ancient Church of the East]]. Most are in northern [[Iraq]], northwestern [[Iran]], southeastern [[Turkey]] and northeastern [[Syria]], a region in and around the traditional and historic Assyrian Chaldean homeland.
Currently, there are a number of villages in northern Iraq that are emptied. This is mostly due to the [[Al-Anfal Campaign]] of the 1980s.
* Korygavana
* [[Nahla, Iraq]]
===[[Ninawa|Ninawa Province]]===
* [[Ordushahi|Ardishai]]
* [[Balanej|Balanej (Balanush)]]
* [[Chamaki|Chamakieh]]eh
* Charbash
* Digala
===[[Homs]]===
* [[Fairouzeh]]
* [[Zaidal]] (some Assyrian Chaldean families)
* [[Sadad, Syria|Sadad]]
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==Turkey==
*Note- not all settlements listed are still inhabited by AssyriansChaldeans
[[File:Batman Turkey Provinces locator.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Batman, Turkey]]
[[File:Diyarbakır Turkey Provinces locator.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Diyarbakir, Turkey]]
