Tell Hamis تل حميس Til Hemîs |
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Location of Tell Hamis in Syria | |
Coordinates: 36°45′31″N 41°23′56″E / 36.7586°N 41.3989°ECoordinates: 36°45′31″N 41°23′56″E / 36.7586°N 41.3989°E | |
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Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | Qamishli |
Subdistrict | Tell Hamis |
Population (2004) | 5,161 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Geocode | C4639 |
Tell Hamis (Arabic: تل حميس, Kurdish: Til Hemîs), is a town in northeastern Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Wadi Jarrah flows though the town. It is the administrative center of Nahiya Tell Hamis consisting of 129 localities.
At the 2004 census, Tell Hamis had a population of 5,161. The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Arabs.
After falling to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, it was retaken by Kurdish YPG forces and the Syriac Military Council (MFS) on February 27, 2015.