Tell Tamer Subdistrict

Tell Tamer Subdistrict
ناحية تل تمر
Tell Tamer Subdistrict in Syria
Location of Tell Tamer Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictAl-Hasakah District
SeatTell Tamer
Area
 • Total1,111.89 km2 (429.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
50,982
GeocodeSY080001

Tell Tamer Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية تل تمر) is an ethnically Assyrian and Syriac subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tell Tamer.

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 50,982.[1] Assyrians 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 and Arabs.[citation needed] It is the headquarter of the Assyrian Khabour Guards and Nattoreh militias, as well as the location of a large Syriac Orthodox Monastery.

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Tamer" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.