Qara Tapa

Qara Tapa
Town
Qara Tapa is located in Iraq
Qara Tapa
Qara Tapa
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 34°42′00″N 45°00′00″E / 34.70000°N 45.00000°E / 34.70000; 45.00000
Country Iraq
GovernorateDiyala Governorate
DistrictKifri District

Qara Tapa (Arabic: قرة تبة; Turkish: Karatepe[1][2]) is a predominantly Shia Turkmen town in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.[3][4] It is located south of Kifri. Its name is in the Turkmen dialect, meaning 'black hill'.[5]

  1. ^ "Peşmerge Karatepe, Celavla ve Mendeli'den Çekildi". Türkmeneli Haber. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Khafajah and Kara Tepe, Iraq expedition records". University of Pennsylvania. Penn Libraries. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Türkmen bölgesinde IŞİD'e karşı polis Peşmerge birliği". BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ^ "The Iraqi Via Dolorosa". Masress. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ^ "A Briefview on history, dialect and folklore of Iraqi Turkmans".

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