Umm al-Keif
| Umm al-Keif أم الكيف Timar | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Umm al-Keif Location of Umm al-Keif in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°40′33″N 40°19′14″E / 36.67583°N 40.32056°ECoordinates: 36°40′33″N 40°19′14″E / 36.67583°N 40.32056°E | |
| Country |
 Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | Tell Tamer |
| Population (2004)[1] | 1,072 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Geocode | C4398 |
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.[2] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,072.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Tamer" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ 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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