Tell Hamis

Town in al-Hasakah, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tell Hamis (Arabic: تَلّ حَمِيس, romanized: Tall Ḥamīs, Kurdish: Til Hemîs) is a town in northeastern Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The Wadi Jarrah flows through the town. It is the administrative center of the Tell Hamis Subdistrict, consisting of 129 localities.

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Tell Hamis
تَلّ حَمِيس
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Tell Hamis
Location of Tell Hamis in Syria
Coordinates: 36.7586°N 41.3989°E / 36.7586; 41.3989
CountrySyria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictQamishli
SubdistrictTell Hamis
Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population
 (2004)[1]
5,161
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4639
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At the 2004 census, Tell Hamis had a population of 5,161.[1] The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Arabs.[2]

Civil war

After falling to the Islamic State, it was retaken by Kurdish YPG forces and allied Arab tribes on February 27, 2015.[3]

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