Tell Tamer Subdistrict

Tell Tamer Subdistrict ناحية تل تمر
Subdistrict
Location of Tell Tamer Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	Al-Hasakah District
Seat	Tell Tamer
Area
• Total	1,111.89 km2 (429.30 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]	50,982
Geocode	SY080001

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.