Khatarah (, , alternatively spelled Khatare or Hatarah) is a town located in the
Tel Kaif District of the
Ninawa Governorate in northern
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
. It is located north of
Mosul
Mosul ( ; , , ; ; ; ) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ...
in the
Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the
disputed territories of Northern Iraq.
Khatarah has a mainly
Yazidi population.
References
{{Nineveh Plains
Populated places in Nineveh Governorate
Yazidi populated places in Iraq
Nineveh Plains