Tal Afar

Summary

Tal Afar is a city^[1]. It draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #665 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tal Afar is located in Nineveh Governorate^[3].
• Tal Afar is in the country of Iraq^[4].
• Tal Afar's image is recorded as Tal Afar Castle.jpg^[5].
• Tal Afar's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Tal Afar's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156159957^[7].
• Tal Afar's GND ID is recorded as 4508366-6^[8].
• Tal Afar's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2007055225^[9].
• Tal Afar's Commons category is recorded as Tal Afar^[10].
• Tal Afar's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.379166666667, 'lon': 42.449722222222}^[11].
• Tal Afar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07rvp8^[12].
• Tal Afar's significant event is recorded as Battle of Tal Afar^[13].
• Tal Afar's MusicBrainz place ID is recorded as 4419d820-22a0-4a89-8aa7-0a4dca2e7181^[14].
• Tal Afar's population is recorded as {'amount': '+80000'}^[15].
• Tal Afar's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'تلعفر'}^[16].
• Tal Afar's category for people born here is recorded as Q44620900^[17].
• Tal Afar's GeoNames ID is recorded as 90393^[18].
• Tal Afar's Pleiades ID is recorded as 874720^[19].
• Tal Afar's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'تلعفر'}^[20].
• Tal Afar's category of associated people is recorded as Q32590011^[21].
• Tal Afar's different from is recorded as Tal Aafar^[22].
• Tal Afar's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 33782^[23].
• Tal Afar's UN/LOCODE is recorded as IQTAF^[24].
• Tal Afar's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+410'}^[25].
• Tal Afar's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -3111646^[26].
• Tal Afar's Quora topic ID is recorded as Talafar^[27].

Body

Geography

Tal Afar is in the country of Iraq^[4]. It is located in Nineveh Governorate^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Tal Afar's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+410'}^[25]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+80000'}^[15].

Designation and Status

Tal Afar's instance of is recorded as city^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tal Afar include it offensive^[28], an offensive^[29], in Iraq^[30].

Why It Matters

Tal Afar draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #665 of 5,534).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include it offensive^[28], an offensive^[29], in Iraq^[30].