Changes

{{unreferenced|date=October 2011}}{{Assyrian culture}}The following is a '''list of current [[Assyrian peopleFile:Chaldean Towns of Mesopotamia.jpg|Assyrian]] and towns and villages'''. A substantial number thumb|210px|Chaldean Towns of Assyrians 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, Mesopotamia Iraq|Dohuk]], [[Mosul]], [[Baghdad]], [[Kirkuk]], [[Basra]], [[Tehran]], [[Urmia]], [[Aleppo]], [[Damascus]], [[Homs]] and [[Istanbul]]Southern Turkey. Inhabitants of these villages and towns Chaldeans are Assyrian the native people who speak Aramaic and follow primarily the [[Assyrian Church of the EastMesopotamia]], [[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 homeland.

{{Chaldean culture}}The following is a '''list of current [[Chaldean people|Chaldean]] and towns and villages'''. A substantial number of Chaldeans in the Middle East live in cities and not rural areas because of events during the 20th century (see [[Chaldean 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 Chaldean people who speak Chaldean Neo-Aramaic and follow primarily the [[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 Chaldean homeland <Ref> Chaldea is the Native Chaldean Homeland</ref>. 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.<Ref> Native Chaldeans of Mesopotamia</ref>. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/04/syria-Chaldeans-threat-crisis.html|title=Syria’s Chaldeans threatened by extremists – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East|work=Al-Monitor|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>

! [[Assyrian Chaldean Neo-Aramaic|Aramaic]]

|-

| * Dora

<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>  

* [[KaramlesKaramlish]] <big>ܟܪܡܠܝܣ</big>

* [[Tel KaifKeppe|Tel Keppe]] <big>ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ</big>

* [[Chamaki|Chamakieh]]eh

* [[Zaidal]] (some Assyrian Chaldean families)

*Note- not all settlements listed are still inhabited by AssyriansChaldeans

{{Portal|Assyrians}}* [[Assyrian Chaldean diaspora]]* [[Assyrian Chaldean people]]

{{Assyrian Chaldean communities}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Assyrian Chaldean Settlements}}[[Category:Assyrian Chaldean settlements| ]]