Tell Tamer
Tell Tamer
Girê Xurma تَلّ تَمْر ܬܠ ܬܡܪ | |
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| Coordinates: 36°39′38″N 40°22′17″E / 36.6606°N 40.3714°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | Tell Tamer |
| Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Population (2004) | 7,285 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C4409 |
Tell Tamer (Arabic: تَلّ تَمْر, romanized: Tall Tamr, Kurdish: گرێ خورما, romanized: Girê Xurma or Til Temir, Syriac: ܬܠ ܬܡܪ) also known as Tal Tamr or Tal Tamir, is a town in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of the Tell Tamer Subdistrict consisting of 13 municipalities.
Originally built and inhabited by Assyrians of the Upper Tyari tribe in the late 1930s, the town is predominantly populated by Arabs, with Assyrians remaining a substantial minority of about 20%. At the 2004 census, Tell Tamer had a population of 7,285.
Located on the Khabur River at an intersection between the M4 Highway (Aleppo–Mosul) and the major road between al-Hasakah and Diyarbakır (Turkey), the town is a transport hub of major importance.