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Tell Shamah

Coordinates: 36°34′28″N 40°30′29″E / 36.57444°N 40.50806°E / 36.57444; 40.50806
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Tell Shamah
تل شامة
Gundikta
Village
Tell Shamah is located in Syria
Tell Shamah
Tell Shamah
Location of Tell Shamah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°34′28″N 40°30′29″E / 36.57444°N 40.50806°E / 36.57444; 40.50806
CountrySyria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Hasakah
SubdistrictTell Tamer
Population
 (2004)[1]
162
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4388

Tell Shamah (Arabic: تل شامة), also known as Gundikta[2][3] (كوندكثا), 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 162.[1]

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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.
  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.