Tal Banat
Tal Banat (also written Tel Benat, Arabic: تل بنات; Kurdish: Tel Benat, تهل بهنات,[2][3] also known in Arabic as al-Waleed) is a Yazidi village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[1]
Tal Banat تل بنات | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Tal Banat Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°15′18″N 42°0′59″E | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Sinjar District |
| Population (July 2014[1]) | |
| • Total | 14,000 |
Tal Banat has mainly Yazidi population. There are also a minority of about 1,400 Shia Turkmens in the village.[1]
In August 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant abducted more than 200 women and children from Tal Banat.[4]
References
- "Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). November 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- "Qasim Dirbo: Heşdî şeibî nahêle xelk qesta gund û warê xwe bike". Rojname (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- "شنگال لهنێوان ئازارێكی قوڵ و ململانێیهكی گهرمدا – Knwe.org" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Iraq: 6 July – 10 September 2014. UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Retrieved December 4, 2018.
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