Khatarah (Arabic: ختاره, Kurdish: خهتارێ, romanized: Xetarê,[2][3] alternatively spelled Khatare or Hatarah) is a town located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Mosul in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[4][5]
Khatarah | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Khatarah | |
| Coordinates: 36°39′42″N 43°2′25″E / 36.66167°N 43.04028°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Region |  Kurdistan Region (de facto) |
| Governorate | Nineveh Governorate (de jure) Dohuk Governorate (de facto) |
| District | Tel Kaif District |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 14,000 |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT +4 |
Khatarah has a mainly Yazidi population.[6][5]
References
- ^ "Yezidin berichtet über verzweifelte Lage der Zivilisten in umkämpften Gebieten des Irak". Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV). Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "نڤيسينگهها لالش خهتارێ خۆلهكا بهێزكرنێ بۆ قوتابيان ڤهكر" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Ciwanekî Êzdî ji gundê Xetarê jiyana xwe bi dawî kir" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ a b "The Struggle to Exist – Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Università di Torino. Facoltà di lettere e filosofia; Centro ricerche archeologiche e scavi di Torino per il Medio Oriente e l'Asia (Italy); Centro scavi di Torino per il medio oriente e l'Asia (1997). Mesopotamia, Volume 32. Giappichelli.