Batifa (Arabic: باطوفا,[2] Kurdish: باتيفا, romanized: Batîfa)[3] is a district in Duhok Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Zakho District.
Batifa | |
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District | |
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  Batifa Location in Iraq  Batifa Batifa (Iraqi Kurdistan) | |
| Coordinates: 37°10′28″N 43°00′48″E / 37.174372°N 43.013249°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Region |  Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
| District | Zakho District |
| Sub-district | Batifa |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Urban | 17,186 |
| • Rural | 5,665 |
Geography
editClimate
editBatifa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) with hot dry summers and cool, wet winters. Subfreezing lows are common in the winter, providing some frost. Snowfall may occur occasionally.
| Climate data for Batifa | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
37.7 (99.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
10.3 (50.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 124 (4.9) |
144 (5.7) |
132 (5.2) |
107 (4.2) |
51 (2.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
29 (1.1) |
84 (3.3) |
123 (4.8) |
795 (31.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. p. 72. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "شهر على العمليات التركية شمالي العراق: التوغل البري الأطول". The New Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "K24 rêjeya dengdanê li navçeyên cuda yên Herêma Kurdistan belav kir". Kurdistan24 (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Climate statistics for Batufa". Climate-Data. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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