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Tal Afar
Tal Afar
تَلْعَفَر | |
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  Tal Afar Location of Tel Afar within Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°22′27″N 42°26′36″E / 36.37417°N 42.44333°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh Governorate |
| District | Tel Afar District |
| Elevation | 1,350 ft (410 m) |
| Population (2024)[citation needed] | |
| • Total | 215,000 |
Tal Afar[1] (Arabic: تَلْعَفَر, romanized: Talʿafar, IPA: [talˈʕafar] Turkish: Telafer) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located 63 km (39 mi) west of Mosul,[2] 52 km (32 mi) east of Sinjar[2] and 200 km (120 mi) northwest of Kirkuk. Its local inhabitants are exclusively Turkmen.[3]
While no official census data exists, the city, which had previously been estimated to have a population of approximately 200,000, had dropped to 80,000 as of 2007.[4] Tal Afar's population is about 55 percent Sunni Turkmen, while a 45 percent are Shia Turkmen.[5]
- ^ Also commonly romanized as Tel Afar or Tal'Afar
- ^ a b google maps, Tel Afar. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "The Ba'ath Party and Insurgency in Tal Afar" (PDF).
- ^ The Real Surge Story (Washington Post)
- ^ "Irak'ta Direnen Bir Türkmen Kenti: Telafer". Dinç Ahmet,“Türkiye’nin Irak Başarısı Telafer’den Geçer”, Global Strateji, Sonbahar 2005, Yıl 1 Sayı 2, s. 105-106 (in Turkish). January 8, 2008. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
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