page_title: Tesqopa
hierarchical_section_title: Tesqopa
caption_attribution_description: English: A Chaldean church in w:Tesqopa, Iraq.
context_page_description: Tesqopa is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq located approximately 19 miles north of Mosul. In 2010, it had a population of 11,000 most of whom were ethnic Assyrians belonging to the Chaldean Catholic Church. The town was captured by ISIS briefly in August 2014 but then was liberated in August 2016 and after that many of the towns residents returned and with aid by the Hungarian government.
context_section_description: Tesqopa (Tel Eskof or Tel Skuf  or Tall Asqaf) (Syriac: ܬܠܐ ܙܩܝܦܐ‎ Tesqopa; Arabic: تللسقف‎ Tall Usquf 'Bishop's Hill') is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq located approximately 19 miles (about 28 kilometres) north of Mosul. In 2010, it had a population of 11,000 most of whom were ethnic Assyrians belonging to the Chaldean Catholic Church. The town was captured by ISIS briefly in August 2014 but then was liberated in August 2016 and after that many of the towns residents returned and with aid by the Hungarian government.
caption: A Catholic church in Tesqopa
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