Alqosh (Syriac: ܐܲܠܩܘܿܫ, Judeo-Aramaic: אלקוש, Arabic: ألقوش, alternatively spelled Alkosh or Alqush) is a town in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq, a sub-district of the Tel Kaif District and is situated 45 km north of the city of Mosul. The locals of Alqosh are Assyrians who mostly adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church.