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    Al-Kharitah

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    Not to be confused with Al-Kharitah, Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
    Al-Kharitah
    الخريطة
    Gissa
    Village
    Al-Kharitah is located in Syria
    Al-Kharitah
    Al-Kharitah
    Location of Al-Kharitah in Syria
    Coordinates: 36°34′0″N 40°29′25″E / 36.56667°N 40.49028°E / 36.56667; 40.49028
    CountrySyria
    Governorateal-Hasakah
    Districtal-Hasakah
    SubdistrictTell Tamer
    Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
    Population
     (2004)[1]
    		111
    Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
     • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
    GeocodeC4432

    Al-Kharitah (Arabic: الخريطة), also known as Gissa[2][3] (كسايه), 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.[4] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 111.[1]

    See also

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    • Assyrians in Syria
    • List of Assyrian settlements
    • Al-Hasakah offensive (February–March 2015)

    References

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    1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
    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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2015-11-08.


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