Beban Explained

Official Name:	Beban
Other Name:	بيبان
Native Name:	Bêban
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Iraq
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Iraq
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Iraq
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	(de facto)
Subdivision Type2:	Governorate
Subdivision Name2:	Nineveh Governorate (de jure) Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Coordinates:	36.6986°N 43.1519°W
Subdivision Name3:	Tel Kaif District
Subdivision Type3:	District

Beban (ar|بيبان, ku|بێبان|translit=Bêban)^{[1] [2]} is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located 8km (05miles) southeast of Alqosh in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.^{[3] [4]} Beban has exclusively Yazidi population.

Etymology

The name Beban is derived from the Assyrian "Beth-Bane".

Notes and References

1. The Yezidi Religious Textual Tradition: From Oral to Written. Categories, Transmission, Scripturalisation and Canonisation of the Yezidi Oral Religious Texts . 2019 . 19 December 2019.
2. News: نڤيسينگه‌ها لالش بێبان سميناره‌ك لدۆر هه‌ڤژينيا پێش وه‌خت گێرا . 19 December 2019 . ku .
3. Web site: Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture. Saadi Azuo. Heerish. June 2016. Near East University. https://web.archive.org/web/20200413091205/http://docs.neu.edu.tr/library/6421411229.pdf. 2020-04-13. 2018-12-05. dead.
4. Web site: The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq. February 2010. Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. 2018-12-05.