Zambar, Iraq
Zambar is a small desert village in Tel Afar District of Nineveh Governorate of northern Iraq. It is located about southeast of Tel Afar and about directly west of Mosul. It is located about half way between Tel Afar and the larger settlement of Shaikh Ibrahim, further to the southeast.History
The Germans discovered oil at Zanbar and Qusair in the 1930s and began drilling; a team of German and Italian workers were deployed to tap the resources.Geography
Zambar is located in northern Iraq, about southeast of Tel Afar. There is a mountain, Jabal Zambar, of about above sea level, about to the northeast. A stream runs intermittently down from the mountain.
