Taru
Taru is a village in Sinjar, Nineveh Governorate. Taru is situated near the village حيدر, as well as near قرية التومان.- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Tārū, تارو, Taru, تارو”
- Category: locality
- Location: Sinjar, Nineveh Governorate, Northwestern Iraq, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.24929° or 36° 14′ 57″ north
Longitude
41.47942° or 41° 28′ 46″ east
Elevation
456 metres (1,496 feet)
Open location code
8H836FXH+PQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
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From Arabic to German—“Taru” goes by many names.
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Places to explore: حيدر and قرية التومان.
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