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.