{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Batifa | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = Batifa1.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Iraq#Iraqi Kurdistan | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Iraq | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kurdistan Region}} | subdivision_type2 = Governorate | subdivision_name2 = Dohuk Governorate | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Batifa | subdivision_type4 = Sub-district | subdivision_name4 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/KRSO_IOM_UNFPA_Demographic_Survey_Kurdistan_Region_of_Iraq.pdf|title=Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey|author1=Ali Sindi|author2=Ramanathan Balakrishnan|author3=Gerard Waite|publisher=International Organization for Migration|access-date=5 September 2021|date=July 2018|website=ReliefWeb|page=72}}</ref> | population_urban = 17186 | population_as_of = 2014 | population_blank1_title = Rural | population_blank1 = 5665 | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|37.174372|43.013249|type:_region:|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Batifa''' ({{langx|ar|باطوفا}};<ref>{{cite news |title=شهر على العمليات التركية شمالي العراق: التوغل البري الأطول |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/شهر-على-العمليات-التركية-شمالي-العراق-التوغل-البري-الأطول |accessdate=18 December 2020 |work=The New Arab |language=ar}}</ref> {{langx|ku|باتيفا|Batîfa}})<ref>{{cite news |title=K24 rêjeya dengdanê li navçeyên cuda yên Herêma Kurdistan belav kir |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/ku/news/90900b5c-a142-417c-90ff-64d8b0ca1672 |accessdate=18 December 2019 |work=Kurdistan24 |language=ku}}</ref> is a town and district in Duhok Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq.<ref>{{cite news |title=Civil Defense teams unable to extinguish a massive fire in Batifa District |url=https://shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan/Civil-Defense-teams-unable-to-extinguish-a-massive-fire-in-Batifa-District |work=Shafaq News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Duhok's Provincial Council announces Batifa a "district" |url=https://shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan/Duhok-s-Provincial-Council-announces-Batifa-a-district |work=Shafaq News |language=en}}</ref> It was located in the Zakho District.
==Geography== ===Climate=== Batifa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (''Csa'') with hot dry summers and cool, wet winters. Subfreezing lows are common in the winter, providing some frost. Snowfall may occur occasionally.
{{Weather box |location = Batifa |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan high C = 7.7 |Feb high C = 9.4 |Mar high C = 13.7 |Apr high C = 19.1 |May high C = 26.3 |Jun high C = 33.3 |Jul high C = 37.7 |Aug high C = 37.5 |Sep high C = 33.2 |Oct high C = 25.3 |Nov high C = 16.8 |Dec high C = 9.8 |year high C = |Jan low C = -0.6 |Feb low C = 0.3 |Mar low C = 3.7 |Apr low C = 8.1 |May low C = 13.2 |Jun low C = 18.2 |Jul low C = 22.2 |Aug low C = 21.7 |Sep low C = 17.6 |Oct low C = 11.8 |Nov low C = 6.2 |Dec low C = 1.5 |year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 124 |Feb precipitation mm = 144 |Mar precipitation mm = 132 |Apr precipitation mm = 107 |May precipitation mm = 51 |Jun precipitation mm = 0 |Jul precipitation mm = 0 |Aug precipitation mm = 0 |Sep precipitation mm = 1 |Oct precipitation mm = 29 |Nov precipitation mm = 84 |Dec precipitation mm = 123 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data<ref>{{cite web | url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/934979/ | publisher = Climate-Data |title = Climate statistics for Batufa |accessdate = 21 January 2017}}</ref> |date= 2017 }}
== See also == *Zembîlfiroş *Grave of Zambil Froosh
==References== {{reflist|3}}
Category:Subdistricts of Iraq Category:Zakho Category:Kurdish settlements in Iraq Category:Populated places in Dohuk Province {{Iraq-geo-stub}}