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Village in al-Hasakah, Syria
Umm al-Keif أم الكيفTimar
Village
Umm al-Keif is located in SyriaUmm al-KeifUmm al-KeifLocation of Umm al-Keif in Syria
Coordinates: 36°40′33″N 40°19′14″E / 36.67583°N 40.32056°E / 36.67583; 40.32056
CountrySyria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Hasakah
SubdistrictTell Tamer
Population1,072
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4398

Umm al-Keif (Arabic: أم الكيف), also known as Timar (تيمر), 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 Assyrian Church of the East, and Arabs. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,072.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Tamer" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998). "Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River" (PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 12 (1): 41, 42.
  3. Dodge, Bayard (1 July 1940). "The settlement of the Assyrians on the Khabbur". Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society. 27 (3): 314. doi:10.1080/03068374008730969. ISSN 0035-8789.
  4. Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998). "Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River" (PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 12 (1): 34–47.
Al-Hasakah Governorate
Capital: Al-Hasakah
Al-Hasakah Governorate within Syria
Al-Hasakah District
Al-Hasakah Governorate
Qamishli District
Al-Malikiyah District
Ras al-Ayn District


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