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Tal Afar
Original uploader was Kparker84 ( talk ) at en.wikipedia · Public domain · Commons
City · 80,000 people

Tal Afar

City in Iraq.

In and around Tal Afar

Map
  1. Tell al-RimahHistory & heritage · Tal Afar
  2. Tal Afar CitadelHistory & heritage · Tal Afar
  3. Yarim TepeHistory & heritage · Tal Afar

Weather by season

  • Dec–Feb15° / 4°154 mm
  • Mar–May27° / 12°204 mm(a good time to go)
  • Jun–Aug42° / 24°
  • Sep–Nov30° / 15°

Average high / low (°C) and rain per season. Data for Mosul, 61 km away. Highlighted: the best months to go. Mosul station, 2013–2025 monthly records · Meteostat. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others. (CC BY 4.0).

About Tal Afar

Tal Afar 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 Turkmens. 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.

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Full Tal Afar travel guide

Getting around, food, where to stay

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Photo credits (3)
  • Tell al-Rimah: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
  • Tal Afar Citadel: Original uploader was Kparker84 ( talk ) at en.wikipedia · Public domain · Commons
  • Yarim Tepe: Middle_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur ( talk ) derivative work: PequoD 76 ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons