Tal Banat
Village in Ninawa, Iraq
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Tal Banat (also written Tel Benat, Arabic: تل بنات; Kurdish: تهل بهنات, romanized: Tel Benat,[2][3] also known in Arabic as al-Waleed) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[1]
Tal Banat | |
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Village | |
  Tal Banat Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°15′18″N 42°0′59″E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Sinjar District |
| Population (July 2014[1]) | |
• Total | 14,000 |
Tal Banat has a mainly Yazidi population. There are also about 1,400 Shia Turkmens in the village.[1]
In August 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant abducted more than 200 women and children from Tal Banat.[4]
