Tal Afar
Tal Afar (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, 52 km (32 mi) east of Sinjar and 200 km (120 mi) northwest of Kirkuk. Its local inhabitants are exclusively Turkmen.
Tal Afar
تَلْعَفَر | |
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Tal Afar Location of Tel Afar within Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°22′27″N 42°26′36″E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh Governorate |
| District | Tel Afar District |
| Elevation | 1,350 ft (410 m) |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 215,000 |
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. Tal Afar's population is about 75 percent Sunni Turkmen, while a quarter are Shia Turkmen.
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