Tell Hefyan Explained

Tell Hefyan
Native Name:تل حفيان
Native Name Lang:ar
Other Name:Qodchanis
Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Tell Hefyan in Syria
Coordinates:36.6361°N 40.3866°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:al-Hasakah
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:al-Hasakah
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Tell Tamer
Population:1132
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2004
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Geocode:C4427

Tell Hefyan (Arabic: تل حفيان), also known as Qodchanis[1] [2] (Arabic: قوجانس), 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.[3] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,132.

Recent History

Most of the Assyrian inhabitants of the village were displaced when ISIS attacked the area in February 2015.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Fernandez . Alberto M. . Alberto M. Fernandez . Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River . 12 . 1 . Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies . 41,42 . 1998 .
  2. Dodge . Bayard . The settlement of the Assyrians on the Khabbur . Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society . 1 July 1940 . 27 . 3 . 314 . 10.1080/03068374008730969 . 0035-8789.
  3. Fernandez . Alberto M. . Alberto M. Fernandez . Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River . 12 . 1 . Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies . 34–47 . 1998 .
  4. Web site: Cristianos del Jabur, un dèjá vu del horror. m'sur . es . 20 March 2020 . 2 July 2023.