Back تلعفر Arabic تلعفر ARZ Təlafər AZ تلعفر AZB Тал Афар Bulgarian Tall ‘Afar (kapital sa distrito sa Irak) CEB تەلەعفەر CKB Tal Afar Czech Tal Afar German Tal Afar EO
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.