Tal Afar
Tal Afar
تَلْعَفَر | |
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| 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) | |
• Total | 215,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (AST) |
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.
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 55 percent Sunni Turkmen, while 45 percent are Shia Turkmen.