Al-Kharitah ( ar, الخريطة), also known as Gissa (), is a village near
Tell Tamer
Tell Tamer ( ar, تَلّ تَمْر, Tall Tamr, ku, گرێ خورما, Girê Xurma or Til Temir, syr, ܬܠ ܬܡܪ) also known as Tal Tamr or Tal Tamir, is a town in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative c ...
in western
al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hasakah Governorate ( ar, محافظة الحسكة, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, ku, Parêzgeha Hesekê}, syc, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as syc, ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (pro ...
, northeastern
Syria. Administratively it belongs to the
Nahiya Tell Tamer
Tell Tamer Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية تل تمر) is an ethnically Assyrians in Syria, Assyrian and Syriac/Assyrian, Syriac nahiyah, subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative c ...
.
The village is inhabited by
Assyrians belonging to the
Assyrian Church of the East.
At the 2004 census, it had a population of 111.
See also
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Assyrians in Syria
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List of Assyrian settlements
The following is a list of historical and contemporary Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. This list includes settlements of Assyrians from Southeastern Turkey who left their indigenous tribal districts in Hakkari (or the historical Ha ...
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Al-Hasakah offensive (February–March 2015)
The Eastern al-Hasakah offensive was launched in the Al-Hasakah Governorate during the Syrian Civil War, by the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units, Assyrian Christian militias, and allied Arab forces against the jihadist Islamic State of ...
References
Assyrian communities in Syria
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