{{pp-vandalism|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Khatarah | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | pushpin_map = Iraq | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flagcountry|Kurdistan Region}} ''(de facto)'' | subdivision_type2 = Governorate | subdivision_name2 = Nineveh Governorate ''(de jure)''<Br>Dohuk Governorate ''(de facto)'' | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2014 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Yezidin berichtet über verzweifelte Lage der Zivilisten in umkämpften Gebieten des Irak |work=Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) |url=https://www.gfbv.de/de/news/yezidin-berichtet-ueber-verzweifelte-lage-der-zivilisten-in-umkaempften-gebieten-des-irak-6513/ |access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 14,000 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | timezone = GMT +3 | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = GMT +4 | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|36|39|42|N|43|2|25|E|region:IQ-NI_type:city(15000)|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = | name = | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Tel Kaif District }} '''Khatarah''' ({{langx|ar|ختاره}}, {{langx|ku|خهتارێ|translit=Xetarê}},<ref>{{cite news |title=نڤيسينگهها لالش خهتارێ خۆلهكا بهێزكرنێ بۆ قوتابيان ڤهكر |url=https://www.lalishduhok.com/ckb/%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C/post/%D9%86%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4-%D8%AE%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E-%D8%AE%DB%86%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%83%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87/ |accessdate=19 December 2019 |language=ku }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ciwanekî Êzdî ji gundê Xetarê jiyana xwe bi dawî kir |url=http://www.basnews.com/index.php/kr/news/kurdistan/439984 |accessdate=19 December 2019 |language=ku}}</ref> alternatively spelled '''Khatare''' or '''Hatarah''') is a town located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located {{convert|50|km|mi}} north of Mosul in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docs.neu.edu.tr/library/6421411229.pdf|title=Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture|last=Saadi Azuo|first=Heerish|date=June 2016|website=Near East University|access-date=2018-12-06|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413091205/http://docs.neu.edu.tr/library/6421411229.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aina.org/reports/acetste.pdf|title=The Struggle to Exist – Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq|date=February 2010|publisher=Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref>
Khatarah has a mainly Yazidi population.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Università di Torino. Facoltà di lettere e filosofia|last2=Centro ricerche archeologiche e scavi di Torino per il Medio Oriente e l'Asia (Italy)|last3=Centro scavi di Torino per il medio oriente e l'Asia|title=Mesopotamia, Volume 32|date=1997|publisher=Giappichelli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KltAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hatarah%22}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
thumb|Yazidi temple in Khatarah
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{{Nineveh Plains}}
Category:Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Category:Yazidi communities in Iraq Category:Nineveh Plains