Batifa
Batifa | |
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District | |
Coordinates: 37°10′28″N 43°00′48″E / 37.174372°N 43.013249°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Region | Kurdistan Region |
Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
District | Zakho District |
Sub-district | Batifa |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• Urban | 17,186 |
• Rural | 5,665 |
Batifa (Arabic: باطوفا,[2] Kurdish: باتيفا, romanized: Batîfa)[3] is a district in Duhok Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Zakho District.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]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.
Climate data for Batifa | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 9.4 (48.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 26.3 (79.3) | 33.3 (91.9) | 37.7 (99.9) | 37.5 (99.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 9.8 (49.6) | 22.5 (72.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 8.1 (46.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.8 (53.2) | 6.2 (43.2) | 1.5 (34.7) | 10.3 (50.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 124 (4.9) | 144 (5.7) | 132 (5.2) | 107 (4.2) | 51 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.0) | 29 (1.1) | 84 (3.3) | 123 (4.8) | 795 (31.2) |
Source: Climate-Data[4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. p. 72. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "شهر على العمليات التركية شمالي العراق: التوغل البري الأطول". The New Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "K24 rêjeya dengdanê li navçeyên cuda yên Herêma Kurdistan belav kir". Kurdistan24 (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Climate statistics for Batufa". Climate-Data. Retrieved 21 January 2017.