Tell Shamiram
تل شميرام Marbisho | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°38′21″N 40°21′26″E / 36.63917°N 40.35722°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | al-Hasakah |
Subdistrict | Tell Tamer |
Population (2004)
[1] | 811 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Geocode | C4430 |
Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran ( Arabic: تل شميرام أو تل شميران), also known as Marbisho [2] [3] (ماربيشو), 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. [4] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 811. [1]
It is located on the Khabour River near the confluence with the Zirgan River, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the border with Turkey. [5] [6]
The village was settled by Assyrian refugees in 1933 who moved following the Simele massacre to French controlled Syria to settle in a 25 kilometres (16 mi) stretch of the Khabur River in 35 settlements.
In February 2015 the village was taken by the Islamic State militia during the Eastern al-Hasakah offensive, [7] resulting in the abduction of about 90, mainly elderly, residents. [8] Several thousand residents fled the city, mostly to the city of al-Hasakah, with some eventually reaching Lebanon. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the village has been emptied of people by 1 March 2015. [9]
Tell Shamiram
تل شميرام Marbisho | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 36°38′21″N 40°21′26″E / 36.63917°N 40.35722°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | al-Hasakah |
Subdistrict | Tell Tamer |
Population (2004)
[1] | 811 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Geocode | C4430 |
Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran ( Arabic: تل شميرام أو تل شميران), also known as Marbisho [2] [3] (ماربيشو), 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. [4] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 811. [1]
It is located on the Khabour River near the confluence with the Zirgan River, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the border with Turkey. [5] [6]
The village was settled by Assyrian refugees in 1933 who moved following the Simele massacre to French controlled Syria to settle in a 25 kilometres (16 mi) stretch of the Khabur River in 35 settlements.
In February 2015 the village was taken by the Islamic State militia during the Eastern al-Hasakah offensive, [7] resulting in the abduction of about 90, mainly elderly, residents. [8] Several thousand residents fled the city, mostly to the city of al-Hasakah, with some eventually reaching Lebanon. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the village has been emptied of people by 1 March 2015. [9]