# Batifa

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Batifa
| settlement_type    = District
| image_skyline      = Batifa1.jpg
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| 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](/source/Governorates_of_Iraq)
| subdivision_name2  = [Dohuk Governorate](/source/Dohuk_Governorate)
| subdivision_type3  = [District](/source/Districts_of_Iraq)
| subdivision_name3  = Batifa
| subdivision_type4  = [Sub-district](/source/Subdistricts_of_Iraq)
| subdivision_name4  = 
| leader_title       = 
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| 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](/source/International_Organization_for_Migration)|access-date=5 September 2021|date=July 2018|website=[ReliefWeb](/source/ReliefWeb)|page=72}}</ref>
| population_urban   = 17186
| population_as_of   = 2014
| population_blank1_title = Rural
| population_blank1  = 5665
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| coordinates        = {{coord|37.174372|43.013249|type:_region:|display=inline,title}}
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}}
'''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](/source/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](/source/Duhok_Governorate) in [Kurdistan Region](/source/Kurdistan_Region), [Iraq](/source/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](/source/Zakho_District).

==Geography==
===Climate===
Batifa has a hot-summer [Mediterranean climate](/source/Mediterranean_climate) (''Csa'') with hot dry summers and cool, wet winters. Subfreezing lows are common in the winter, providing some [frost](/source/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](/source/Zemb%C3%AElfiro%C5%9F)
*[Grave of Zambil Froosh](/source/Grave_of_Zambil_Froosh)

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

Category:Subdistricts of Iraq
Category:Zakho
Category:Kurdish settlements in Iraq
Category:Populated places in Dohuk Province
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