Tell Nasri Explained

Tell Nasri
Native Name:تل نصري
Native Name Lang:ar
Other Name:Walto
Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Tell Nasri in Syria
Coordinates:36.6397°N 40.3681°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:650
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2004
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Geocode:C4393

Tell Nasri (Arabic: تل نصري), also known as Walto[1] [2] Arabic: ولطو), 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.[3] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 650.

In recent years, during the Syrian Civil War, the Assyrian Church of St. Mary had been destroyed by ISIS in April 2015. Before that, on 23rd February 2015, Tell Nasri had been attacked by ISIS and its people fled to both Al-Hasaka and Qamishli seeking refuge.

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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 .