Tell Tamer Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية تل تمر) is an ethnically
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
and
Syriac Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
*Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
* Syriac alphabet
** Syriac (Unicode block)
** Syriac Supplement
* Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
subdistrict of
al-Hasakah District
Al-Hasakah District ( ar, منطقة الحسكة, manṭiqat al-Ḥasaka) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre for the district is the city of al-Hasakah
Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة ...
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. The
administrative centre is the city of
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 ...
.
At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 50,982.
from the
Assyrian Church of the East constitute about 40% of the population of this district, with the rest being adherents of other Assyrian churches such as the
Chaldean Catholic Church and
Syriac Orthodox Church. There is also
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
and
Arabs
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
. It is the headquarter of the Assyrian
Khabour Guards
The Khabour Guards ( syr, ܡܘܬܒܐ ܕܢܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܚܒܘܪ, Mawtḇā d-Nāṭorē d-Ḥābor; ar, مجلس حرس الخابور الآشوري) is an Assyrian militia in Syria created after the collapse of Syrian government control in th ...
and
Nattoreh
The Assyrian People's Guard – Nattoreh ( syr, ܢܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܬܠ ܬܡܪ ܐܫܘܪܝܐ, Naṭore d'Tel Tamer Ashoraye; ar, اللجنه الشعبيه للحرس الأشوري) is an Assyrian militia of the Syrian Democratic Forces. It is bas ...
militias, as well as the location of a large Syriac Orthodox Monastery.
Cities, towns and villages
References
Al-Hasakah District
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 ...
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