The following is a list of historical and contemporary Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. This list includes settlements of Assyrians from Southeastern

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who left their indigenous tribal districts in

Hakkari Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to: *Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq *Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey *Hakkâri Province Hakkâri Province (, tr, Hakkâri ili, ...

(or the historical

region), Sirnak and

Mardin province Mardin Province ( tr, Mardin ili; ku, Parêzgeha Mêrdînê; ar, محافظة ماردين) is a province of Turkey with a population of 809,719 in 2017, slightly down from the population of 835,173 in 2000. Kurds form the majority of the popu ...

due to torment, violence and displacement by

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

and

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 Ir ...

in the

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. Many Assyrians from

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an alt ...

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were also affected and as such have emigrated and settled in other towns. Resettling again occurred during the

Simele massacre The Simele massacre, also known as the Assyrian affair, was committed by the Kingdom of Iraq, led by Bakr Sidqi, during a campaign systematically targeting the Assyrians in and around Simele in August 1933. An estimated 600 to 6,000 Assyrians ...

in northern

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, perpetrated by the Iraqi military coup in the 1930s, with many fleeing to northeastern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. Most modern resettlement is located in

and

in the cities of

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

Habbaniyah Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya ( ar, ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة, ''al-Ḥabbānīyah'') is a city 85 km (53 mi) west of Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during Worl ...

Kirkuk Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...

Duhok Duhok ( ku, دهۆک, translit=Dihok; ar, دهوك, Dahūk; syr, ܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Beth Nohadra) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It's the capital city of Duhok Governorate. History The city's origin dates back to the Stone ...

Al-Hasakah Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة, al-Ḥasaka; ku, Heseke/حەسەکە; syr, ܚܣܝܟܐ Hasake), is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in the northeastern corner of Syria. With a 2004 census population of 188,160, it is the e ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

and

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

. Few Assyrian settlements exist in Turkey today and also in the

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. The exodus to the cities or towns of these aforementioned countries occurred between late 1910s and 1930s. After the

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in 2003, a number of Assyrians in Baghdad relocated to the

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in northern Iraq. Many others have immigrated to

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, especially in the late 20th century and 21st century. Currently, there are a number of settlements on this list that have been abandoned due to persecution, conflict, and other causes.

Iraq

Baghdad Province

Dohuk Province ar, محافظة دهوك , image_skyline = Collage_of_Dohuk_Governorate.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_seal = ...

Monastery of the Holy Saint Mār ‘Abdīshō in Dere

Erbil Province ku, پارێزگای ھەولێر , other_name = , image_skyline = Collage_of_Hawler_-_Erbil_Governorate.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise, from top: ...

Kirkuk Governorate Kirkuk Governorate ( ar, محافظة كركوك, Muḥāfaẓat Karkūk, ku, پارێزگای کەرکووک, Parêzgeha Kerkûkê/Parêzgayi Kerkûk, tr, Kerkük ili) or Kirkuk Province is a governorate in northern Iraq. The governorate has an ...

Nineveh Province Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a Governorates of Iraq, governorate in nor ...

Interior view of the Meskinta Assyrian-Chaldean Church in Mosul

Abandoned villages

Iran

West Azerbaijan Province

* Akhtekhaneh * Anhar * Armod Agaj *

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Khosrava Khosrowabad ( fa, خسرواباد, also Romanized as Khosrowābād; also known as Khosrava and Khoskawa) is an Assyrian village in Zulachay Rural District, in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 cens ...

* Lolham (Lulpa) * Mar Nukha * Mar Sargis *

Margawar Margavar Rural District ( fa, دهستان مرگور, ku, Mirgewer) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,862, in 6,012 families. The rur ...

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ܡܥܘܢܐ * Mushawa * Qarajalu * Saatlou *

Salmas Salmas ( fa, سلماس; ; ; ; syr, ܣܵܠܵܡܵܣ, Salamas) is the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. It is located northwest of Lake Urmia, near Turkey. According to the 2019 census, the city's population is 127,864. ...

* Sangar * Jamlava (Jamal Abad) *

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* Shirabad *

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* Sawraa * Yengija * Zoomalan ܙܘܡܠܢ ;

Urmia County Urmia County ( fa, شهرستان ارومیه) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' ...

** Razhani ** Nergi ** Gerdiki ** Diza ** Gullistan *

Salamas Salmas ( fa, سلماس; ; ; ; syr, ܣܵܠܵܡܵܣ, Salamas) is the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. It is located northwest of Lake Urmia, near Turkey. According to the 2019 census, the city's population is 127,864. ...

** Chara ** Zewajik ** Ulah ** Guliser ** Khanaga ** Patamur **

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** Delemon ** Mahlam **

Tergawar Targavar Rural District ( fa, دهستان ترگور, syr, ܬܪܓܘܪ, Targawar) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,893, in 1,344 famili ...

** Anbi ** Balulan ** Darband ** Dastalan **

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** Qurana **Mar Behisho (Iran-Turkey border) ** Mavana **

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** Shibani ** Tuleki **

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Sumay-ye Beradust District Sumay-ye Beradust District ( fa, بخش صومای برادوست; also Romanized as Sumay Baradust and Somay Baradoost; in Kurdish: Somay Brados) is a district (bakhsh) in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is west of Lake Urmia, be ...

**Mushabad **Charbash ** Borashan ** Anhar ** Gulpashan ** Gug Tappeh ** Darbarut **Mar Sargis ** Seiri ** Shirabad **Kirakiz ** Chamaki **Kuchiye **Nazi **Kosi ** Gangachin **

Sopurghan Sopurghan ( fa, سپورغان, also Romanized as Sopūrghān; also known as Separghān, Soporghān, and Supurgan) is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its pop ...

Iranian Kurdistan Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan ( ku, ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, translit=Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran with either a majority or sizable population of Kurds. Geographically, it ...

Sanandaj Sanandaj (Persian: سنندج, ; ku, سنە, Sine, often romanized as Senneh, is the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city. San ...

Tehran Province

Gisha Guisha (Persian language: گیشا, also called Kuy-e Nasr کوی نصر), originally Kisha (from the names of its two founders, Keynejad and Shapourian), is a neighbourhood in Tehran, Iran. The neighborhood was known as a center for youth recr ...

Syria

Assyrians immigrated to Syria during the 1930s and 1940s, from northern

, after they were slaughtered and displaced during the

perpetrated by the armed forces of the

Kingdom of Iraq The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq ( ar, المملكة العراقية الهاشمية, translit=al-Mamlakah al-ʿIrāqiyyah ʾal-Hāshimyyah) was a state located in the Middle East from 1932 to 1958. It was founded on 23 August 1921 as the Kingdo ...

. Many

Assyrians in Syria Assyrians in Syria ( syr, ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ, ar, الآشوريون في سوريا) are an ethnic and linguistic minority that are Indigenous peoples, indigenous to Upper Mesopotamia (known in Syriac as ''Gozarto'') which is the name us ...

did not have

Syrian citizenship Syrian nationality law is the law governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Syrian citizenship. Syrian citizenship is the status of being a citizen of the Republic of Syria and it can be obtained by birth or naturalization. The Syri ...

and title to their land until late 1940s. The Assyrians who settled in the Khabour River Valley organized their villages according to their own tribal structure, with each village belonging to a single tribe. As such, each village effectively has two names, the official Arabic name and the unofficial Assyrian name, with the latter being the name of the tribe that built the town.

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 (prov ...

Villages in the Khabour River Valley * Abu Tinah (Jilu) *

al-Kharitah Al-Kharitah ( ar, الخريطة), also known as Gissa (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belongin ...

(Tkhuma) *

Qaber Shamiyah Qaber Shamiyah ( ar, قبر شامية), also known as Dizen (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians bel ...

(Diz) * Tell Ahmar (Upper Tyari) * Tell Arboush (Tkhuma) * Tell Balouaah (Diz) *

Tell Baz Tell Baz ( ar, تل باز), also known as Baz (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to the A ...

(Baz) * Tell Bureij (Tkhuma) * Tell Damshij (Qodchanis) * Tell Fuweidat (Nochiya) *

Tell Goran Tell Goran ( ar, تل كوران), also known as Jilu (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrian people, Assyr ...

(Jilu) *

Tell Hefyan Tell Hefyan ( ar, تل حفيان), also known as Qodchanis (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belon ...

(Qodchanis) * Tell Hermez (Tkhuma) *

Tell Jedaya Tell Jedaya ( ar, تل جدايا), also known as Gawar (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belongin ...

(Gawar) * Tell Jazira (Eiel) *

Tell Jemaah Tell Jemaah ( ar, تل جمعة), also known as Halmoun (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging ...

(Halmoun) *

Tell Kifji Tell Kifji ( ar, تل كيفجي), also known as Liwan (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians in Syria, A ...

(Liwan) * Tell Makhadah (Tkhuma) * Tell Maghas (Gawar) * Tell Massas (Barwar) * Tell Najma (Sara) *

Tell Nasri Tell Nasri ( ar, تل نصري), also known as Walto ), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians in Syria, Assy ...

(Upper Tyari) * Tell Ruman Foqani (Baz) * Tell Ruman Tahtani (Tkhuma) *

Tell Sakra Tell Sakra ( ar, تل سكرة), also known as Gundikta (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging ...

(Tkhuma) * Tell Shamah (Tkhuma) *

Tell Shamiram Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran ( ar, تل شميرام أو تل شميران), also known as Marbisho (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. T ...

(Marbisho) * Tell Tal (Tkhuma) *

Tell Talaah Tell Talaah ( ar, تل طلعة), also known as Sara (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to ...

(Sara) *

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 ...

(Upper Tyari) *

Tell Tawil Tell Tawil ( ar, تل طويل), also known as Bnay Roumta (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively, it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belon ...

(Upper Tyari) * Tell Wardiat (Tkhuma) *

Umm al-Keif Umm al-Keif ( ar, أم الكيف), also known as Timar (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging ...

(Timar) *

Umm Ghargan Umm Ghargan ( ar, أم غركان), also known as Tkhuma (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging ...

(Tkhuma) * Umm Waghfa (Upper Tyari) Cities and towns with Syriac-Assyrian population *

Al-Darbasiyah Al-Dirbasiyah ( ar, ٱلدَّرْبَاسِيَّة, ad-Dirbāsīyah, ku, دربێسی, Dirbêsiyê) is a Syrian town on the Syria–Turkey border opposite the Turkish town of Şenyurt. Administratively it is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. ...

Al-Malikiyah Al-Malikiyah ( ar, ٱلْمَالِكِيَّة, al-Mālikīyah; ku, دێرکا حەمکۆ, translit=Dêrika Hemko; ) also known as Derik, is a small Syrian city and the center of an administrative district belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. ...

* Al-Qahtaniyah *

Amuda Amuda ( ar, عَامُودَا, ʿĀmūdā, ku, ئاموودێ, Amûdê) is a town in Al Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria close to the Syria–Turkey border. As a result of the ongoing civil war, Amuda is currently under the civil cont ...

Qamishli Qamishli ( ar, ٱلْقَامِشْلِي, Al-Qāmišlī, ku, قامشلۆ, Qamişlo, syc, ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ, Bēṯ Zālīn, lit=House of Reeds or syr, ܩܡܫܠܐ, translit=Qamishlo)

Ras al-Ayn Ras al-Ayn ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْعَيْن, Raʾs al-ʿAyn, ku, سەرێ کانیێ, Serê Kaniyê, syc, ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ, Rēš Aynā), also spelled Ras al-Ain, is a city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the Syria–Turkey ...

Villages * Berabeytê/Berebeyt (ܒܰܪ ܒܝܬܐܰ ,بره بيت) * Ghardugah * Khanik * Kirku Shamu * Mahriqan * Qir Sharan * Safiyah * Tal Aluw * Tall Jana *

Tell Halaf Tell Halaf ( ar, تل حلف) is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ra's al-'Ayn near the Turkish border. The site, which dates to the 6th millennium BCE, was the firs ...

* Tirbekay

Damascus Governorate Damascus Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة دمشق ') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. Completely surrounded by the Rif Dimashq Governorate, it consists only of the city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, and the suburb o ...

Note: Maaloula and neighboring Muslim-majority villages Jubb'adin and Al-Sarkha are the only villages left where a majority of the population speak the

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dialects *

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

Saidnaya Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, from the syr, ܣܝܕܢܝܐ, ar, صيدنايا, Ṣaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains, above sea level, north of the city of Damascus in Syria. It is the home of a Greek ...

Maaloula Maaloula or Maʿlūlā ( arc, ܡܥܠܘܠܐ in Eastern Aramaic Syriac script, ' in Western Aramaic Maalouli script; ar, مَعلُولَا) is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in Syria. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Dama ...

* Al-Sarkha *

Jubb'adin Jubb'adin or Ġuppaҁōḏ ( ar, جبعدين, arc, ܓܦܥܘܕ - ) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include Saidnaya ...

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographical ...

Fairouzeh Fairouzeh ( ar, فيروزة, Fayrūzah) is a village 3 miles southeast of the city of Homs in Syria. Due to urban development in the area, Fairouzeh, like nearby Zaydal, is now considered one of Homs' suburbs. In 2004, it had a population of 6,45 ...

Zaidal Zaidal ( ar, زيدل, also spelled Zaydal) is a town in the Homs Governorate of central Syria, just east of Homs, forming a part of its suburbs. Nearby localities include Fairouzeh to the south and the Homs neighborhoods of Karm al-Zaitun, al-Sabi ...

Maskanah Maskanah ( ar, مَسْكَنَة) also spelled, Meskene is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Manbij District of the Aleppo Governorate. The town is located southeast of Aleppo on the Lake Assad part of the Euphrates. Nearby ...

Al-Qaryatayn Al-Qaryatayn ( ar, ٱلْقَرْيَتَين, syr, ܩܪܝܬܝܢ), also spelled Karyatayn, Qaratin or Cariatein, is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate located southeast of Homs. It is situated on an oasis in t ...

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Turkey

Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır Province ( tr, Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır ku, Parêzgeha Amedê) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km2 and its population is 1,528,958. The provincia ...

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...

Batman Province Batman Province ( tr, , ku, Parêzgeha Êlihê) is a province in the Southeast Anatolia Region of Turkey. It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of Siirt and some from the southern Province o ...

* Hesno d'Kefo * Kafro 'Elayto

Mardin province Mardin Province ( tr, Mardin ili; ku, Parêzgeha Mêrdînê; ar, محافظة ماردين) is a province of Turkey with a population of 809,719 in 2017, slightly down from the population of 835,173 in 2000. Kurds form the majority of the popu ...

* ʼArbo * ʼAnḥel * Beth Kustan * Beth Debe, Turkish: Dibek * Beth Man’am, Turkish: Bahminir * Birguriya, Turkish: Birigirya * Bnebil, Turkish: Benabil * Boté, Turkish: Bardakçı * Chtrako * Dara, Turkish: Oğuz * Derelya * Dayro Daslibo * Deyrqube * Ehwo, Turkish: Güzelsu * Eskikale * Habsus, Turkish: Mercimekli * Hah, Turkish: Anıtlı * Harabale/Arkah, Turkish: Üçköy * Harabémechka, Turkish: Dağiçi * Kafro Tahtayto * Iwardo * Keferb * Keferze * Kelith, Turkish: Dereiçi * Kerburan * Kfarbé, Turkish: Güngören * M’aré, Turkish: Eskihisar * Ma'asarte, Turkish: Ömerli *

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...

Midyat Midyat ( ku, Midyad, Syriac: ܡܕܝܕ ''Mëḏyaḏ'', Turoyo: ''Miḏyoyo'', ar, مديات) is a town in the Mardin Province of Turkey. The ancient city is the center of a centuries-old Hurrian town in Upper Mesopotamia. In its long history, the ...

* Mor Bobo, Turkish: Günyurdu * Mzizah *

Nusaybin Nusaybin (; '; ar, نُصَيْبِيْن, translit=Nuṣaybīn; syr, ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, translit=Nṣībīn), historically known as Nisibis () or Nesbin, is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009 and is ...

* Qritho di‘Ito (Gundeké Sukru) * Qritho Hanna (Gundeké Hanna) * Saleh, Turkish: Barıştepe * Séderi, Turkish: Üçyol * Zaz

Şırnak Province Şırnak Province ( tr, Şırnak ili, ku, Parêzgeha Şirnexê) is a province of Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt and Mardin Provinces. It borders b ...

* Azakh, Turkish: İdil * Hoz, in

Beytüşşebap Beytüşşebap ( ku, Elkî) is a town and seat of Beytüşşebap District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The mayor is Habip Aşan of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and District Governor (Kaymakam), Hasan Meşel serves since September 202 ...

* Meer, Turkish: Kovankaya * Öğündük * Sare/Ester/Gawayto, Turkish: Sarıköy

Hakkari Province Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to: Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey Hakkâri Province, a province in southeast Turkey Hakkari (e ...

The following is a list of Assyrian settlements in the Hakkari region prior to the

Assyrian genocide The Sayfo or the Seyfo (; see below), also known as the Assyrian genocide, was the mass slaughter and deportation of Assyrian / Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan province by Ottoman forces and some Kurdish t ...

of 1914. The Assyrian settlements in this region were divided into two groups, ''ashiret'' and ''rayyat''. The ''ashiret'' settlements belonged to the five semi-independent tribes of

Tyari Tyari ( syr, ܛܝܵܪܹܐ, Ṭyārē) is an Assyrian tribe and a historical district within Hakkari, Turkey. The area was traditionally divided into Upper (''Tyari Letha'') and Lower Tyari (''Tyari Khtetha'')–each consisting of several Assyrian ...

Tkhuma Prior to World War I, the Tkhuma ( syr, ܬܚܘܡܐ, Tkhūmā "Borderland") were one of five principal and semi-independent Assyrian tribes subject to the spiritual and temporal jurisdiction of the Assyrian Patriarch with the title Mar Shimun. Th ...

, Baz,

Jilu Jīlū was a district located in the Hakkari region of upper Mesopotamia in modern-day Turkey. Before 1915 Jīlū was home to Assyrians and as well as a minority of Kurds. There were 20 Assyrian villages in this district. The area was traditiona ...

, and Dez with each tribe presiding over its own district. The ''rayyat'' settlements were vassals to either the ''ashiret'' tribes or to

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

chieftains. Villages in the Lower Tyari District (''Ashiret'') * Arosh * Ashita * Bet Alata * Bet Ragula * Bet Zizo * Challuk * Chamba d'Bet Susina * Chire Rezan * Geramon * Halmun * Hur * Kurhe * Karukta * Lagippa * Lizan * Mata d'Qasra * Minyanish * Ragula d'Salabakkan * Shurd * Umra Tahktaya * Zarni * Zawita Villages in the Upper Tyari and Walto Districts (''Ashiret'' and ''Rayyat'') * Aina d'Alile * Bet Dalyata * Bet Mariggo * Bet Nahra * Bet Zraqo * Chamba d'Bet Eliya * Chamba d'Hasso * Chamba Khadta * Chamba d'Kurkhe * Chamba d'Malik * Chamba d'Nene * Chamba d'Kurdaye * Dadosh * Darawa (Ishte d'Nahra) * Dura Ellaya * Jemiata * Khadiana * Ko * Mabbuwa * Ma'lota d'Malik * Mata d'Mart Maryam * Mazra'a * Mazra'a d'Qelayata * Mratita * Qelayata * Resha d'Nahra * Roma Smoqa * Rumta * Saraspidon * Serta * Shwawuta * Siyador * Zorawa Villages in the Tkhuma District (''Ashiret'') * Bet Arijai * Gissa * Gundikta * Khani * Mazra'a * Tkhuma Gawaya Villages in the Baz District (''Ashiret'')Wilmshurst 2000, p. 300. * Argeb * Bet Salam * Mata Takhtaita * Orwantus * Qojija * Shwawuta Villages in the Jilu District (''Ashiret'') * Alsan * Ammod * Bet Boqra * Bubawa * Marmuria * Mata d'Mar Zaya * Mata d'Oryaye * Matriya * Medhi * Muspiran * Nahra * Nirek * Omut * Ore * Samsekke * Sarpel * Saten (half Assyrian, half Kurd) * Talana * Zir * Zirine Villages in the Dez, Shwawuta, and Billijnaye Districts (''Ashiret'' and ''Rayyat'') * Alas * Alogippa * Aqose * Awert * Bet Respi (a) * Bet Respi (b) * Bet Shammasha * Chiri Chara * Chulchen * Daden * Dairikki * Derres * Golozor * Kursen * Mades * Makita * Mar Quriaqos * Nauberi * Rabban Dadisho * Saqerran * Saramos * Shwawuta * Suwwa Villages in the Liwan and Norduz Districts (''Rayyat'') * Bailekan * Billi * Daira d'Zengel * Erke * Gokhikki * Khandaqe * Khargel * Kanunta * Marwanan * Mata d'Umra * Nogwizan * Parhilan * Sekunis * Tel Jeri * Ulaman * Zaranis Villages in the Qodchanis & Siwine Districts (''Rayyat'') * Akhwanis * Bet Hajij * Bet Nano * Charos * Espen * Karme * Khardalanis * Kigar * Nerwa * Oret * Pekhen *

Qodchanis Qudshanis, "Kochanis" or "Kochanes" (officially ''Konak'', syr, ܩܘܕܫܢܝܣ, translit=Qūdšānīs , ; ku, Qoçanis, script=Latn), is a small village in the Hakkâri District of Hakkâri Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of ...

* Qotranis * Quranis * Sallan * Shmuninis * Siwine * Sorlines * Tarmel * Tirqonis Villages in the Chal, Raikan, & Tal Districts (''Rayyat'') * Arewun * Bet Alata * Bet Aziza * Bet Biyya * Bet Daire * Bet Iqta * Bet Quraye * Bet Shuqa * Erbesh * Erk * Estep * Gebba * Hish * Merkanish * Qo * Rebbat * Shawreza * Talana Villages in the Gawar District (''Rayyat'') * Bashirga * Bet Rberre * Dara * Darawa * Diza Gawar * Gagoran * Karpel * Khulkhus * Kiyyet * Maken Awa * Manunan * Memekkan * Page * Pa'ilan * Pirzalan * Qadiyan * Qardiwar * Sardasht * Sinawa * Urisha * Wazirawa * Zirkanis * Zizan Villages in the Albaq, Derrenaye, Khananis, and Artushi Kurdish Districts (''Rayyat'') * Alamiyyan * Ates * Ayyel * Barwes * Basan * Bet Zeqte * Burduk * Erdshi * Gezna * Hoze * Khalila * Khananis Ellaita * Khananis Takhtaita * Kharaban * Kharalun * Mar Behisho * Menjilawa * Parrashin * Pusan * Ozan * Qalanis * Sharinis * Silmuan Villages in the Shemsdin District (''Rayyat'') * Baituta * Balqan * Bet Babe * Bet Daiwe * Bet Garde * Bet Tunyo * Dara * Daron * Duri * Duru * Gargane * Halana * Harbunan * Isira * Kek Perzan * Mar Denkha * Marta * Nairdusha * Qatuna * Rustaqa * Sarunis * Shaput * Sursire * Talana * Tis Villages in the Baradost, Tergawar, & Mergawar Districts (''Rayyat'') * Anbi * Balulan * Biteme * Darband * Dizgari * Gangajin * Gundukmalaya * Haki * Halbi * Hbashkube * Heshmawa * Hulutan * Hurana * Husar * Irima * Nargi * Pasta * Qaloga * Qurana * Razga * Rusna * Salona * Shaikhani * Sihani * Susnawa * Tuleki * Tulu * Urtira * Uwasu * Zangilan * Ziruwa Villages in the Taimar District (''Rayyat'') * Aghjacha * Armanis * Gadalawa * Hawsheshur * Kharabsorik * Kharashik * Khinno * Pokhanis * Rushan * Satibak * Seel * Serai * Toan

Armenia

The Assyrian population in Armenia is mainly rural. Out of 3,409 Assyrians in Armenia 2,885 (84.6%) was rural and 524 (15.4%) urban.COE - Ethnic minorities in Armenia
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) is a European treaty (CETS 148) adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional and minority languages in Europe. However, the ...

there were four rural settlements with significant Assyrian population.

Ararat Province Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan ...

Verin Dvin Verin Dvin ( hy, Վերին Դվին; formerly known as Aysori Dvin and Verkhniy Dvin, literally means ''Upper Dvin''), is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia located 30 kilometers south of Yerevan. The largest Assyrian community in Arme ...

- Assyrians and

Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, ''hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...

# Dimitrov - Assyrians and Armenians

Armavir Province Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...

# Nor Artagers - Assyrians, Armenians and

Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking Endogamy, endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran ...

Kotayk Province Kotayk ( hy, Կոտայք, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk canton of the historic Ayrarat province o ...

Arzni Arzni ( hy, Արզնի, aii, ܐܪܙܢܝ, Russian language, Russian: Арзни), is a resort village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia located on in the Hrazdan canyon. Modern village was founded on the place of old Armenian village called Arzni ...

- Assyrians and Armenians

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Iraq

Baghdad Province

Dohuk Province ar, محافظة دهوك , image_skyline = Collage_of_Dohuk_Governorate.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_seal = ...

Erbil Province ku, پارێزگای ھەولێر , other_name = , image_skyline = Collage_of_Hawler_-_Erbil_Governorate.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise, from top: ...

Kirkuk Governorate Kirkuk Governorate ( ar, محافظة كركوك, Muḥāfaẓat Karkūk, ku, پارێزگای کەرکووک, Parêzgeha Kerkûkê/Parêzgayi Kerkûk, tr, Kerkük ili) or Kirkuk Province is a governorate in northern Iraq. The governorate has an ...

Nineveh Province Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a Governorates of Iraq, governorate in nor ...

Abandoned villages

Iran

West Azerbaijan Province

Iranian Kurdistan Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan ( ku, ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, translit=Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran with either a majority or sizable population of Kurds. Geographically, it ...

Tehran Province

Syria

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 (prov ...

Damascus Governorate Damascus Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة دمشق ') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. Completely surrounded by the Rif Dimashq Governorate, it consists only of the city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, and the suburb o ...

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographical ...

Turkey

Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır Province ( tr, Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır ku, Parêzgeha Amedê) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km2 and its population is 1,528,958. The provincia ...

Batman Province Batman Province ( tr, , ku, Parêzgeha Êlihê) is a province in the Southeast Anatolia Region of Turkey. It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of Siirt and some from the southern Province o ...

Mardin province Mardin Province ( tr, Mardin ili; ku, Parêzgeha Mêrdînê; ar, محافظة ماردين) is a province of Turkey with a population of 809,719 in 2017, slightly down from the population of 835,173 in 2000. Kurds form the majority of the popu ...

Şırnak Province Şırnak Province ( tr, Şırnak ili, ku, Parêzgeha Şirnexê) is a province of Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt and Mardin Provinces. It borders b ...

Hakkari Province Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to: *Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq *Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey *Hakkâri Province, a province in southeast Turkey * Hakkari (e ...

Armenia

Ararat Province Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan ...

Armavir Province Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...

Kotayk Province Kotayk ( hy, Կոտայք, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk canton of the historic Ayrarat province o ...

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Hakkari Province Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to: Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey Hakkâri Province, a province in southeast Turkey Hakkari (e ...