Official Name: | Khatarah |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | (de facto) |
Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name2: | Nineveh Governorate (de jure) Dohuk Governorate (de facto) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 14,000 |
Timezone: | GMT +3 |
Timezone Dst: | GMT +4 |
Coordinates: | 36.6617°N 43.0403°W |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Tel Kaif District |
Khatarah (Arabic: ختاره, Kurdish: خهتارێ|translit=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 50km (30miles) north of Mosul in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[4] [5]
Khatarah has a mainly Yazidi population.[6]