Khatarah

Khatarah
ختاره
Khatarah
Coordinates: 36°39′27.12″N 42°57′48.67″E / 36.6575333°N 42.9635194°E / 36.6575333; 42.9635194Coordinates: 36°39′27.12″N 42°57′48.67″E / 36.6575333°N 42.9635194°E / 36.6575333; 42.9635194
Country  Iraq
Governorate Ninawa
District Tel Keppe District
Time zone GMT +3
  Summer (DST) GMT +4

Khatārah (Arabic: ختاره, Kurdish: Ḧetare, alternatively spelled Hatarah) is an abandoned town in northern Iraq. It is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Mosul.[1]

Khatarah had a mainly Yezidi population.[2]

References

  1. "Khatārah (abandoned populated place)". geoview.info. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. 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.


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