Tel Afar District

Tel Afar District is a district in , . Its administrative center is the city of . Other towns include Rabia, , and al-Ayadia.
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  • Type: district of Iraq
  • Description: district in Nineveh, Iraq
  • Also known as: Qaḑā’ Tal‘afar”, “Qaḑā’ Tall ‘Afar”, “Tala’afar”, “Tala‘far Qadhā’”, “Tall ‘Afar”, and “Tall A‘far Qadhā’

Tel Afar District

Latitude
36.5° or 36° 30′ north
Longitude
42.5° or 42° 30′ east
Elevation
382 metres (1,253 feet)
Open location code
8H84GG22+22
Geo­Names ID
90392
Wiki­data ID
Q7695536
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Tel Afar District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قضاء تـلـعـفـر
  • Arabic: قضاء تلعفر
  • Azerbaijani: Təlafər qəzası
  • Cebuano: Tel Afar District
  • Central Kurdish: قەزای تەلەعفەر
  • Dutch: Tel Afar district
  • Kurdish: Tele‘fer
  • Kurdish: Telefer (qeza)
  • Kurdish: Telefer
  • Kurdish: تەلەعفەر
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tel Afar-distriktet
  • Persian: شهرستان تل‌عفر
  • Scots: Tel Afar Destrict
  • Swedish: Tal Afar
  • Swedish: Tel Afar
  • Turkish: Telafer şehri
  • Turkish: Telafer

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