Tal Banat (also written Tel Benat, Arabic: تل بنات; Kurdish: تهل بهنات, romanized: Tel Benat,[2][3] also known in Arabic as al-Waleed) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[1]
Tal Banat | |
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Village | |
  Tal Banat Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°15′18″N 42°0′59″E / 36.25500°N 42.01639°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Sinjar District |
| Population (July 2014[1]) | |
• Total | 14,000 |
Tal Banat has a mainly Yazidi population. There are also 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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "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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