Umm al-Keif

Umm al-Keif (Arabic: أم الكيف), also known as Timar[2][3] (تيمر), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer.

Umm al-Keif
أم الكيف
Timar
Village
Umm al-Keif is located in Syria
Umm al-Keif
Umm al-Keif
Location of Umm al-Keif in Syria
Coordinates: 36°40′33″N 40°19′14″E
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Hasakah
SubdistrictTell Tamer
Population
 (2004)[1]
1,072
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4398

The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to the Assyrian Church of the East, and Arabs.[4] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,072.[1]

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.


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