Tell Goran (Arabic: تل كوران), also known as Jilu[2][3] (جيلو), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer.

Tell Goran
تل كوران
Jilu
Village
Tell Goran is located in Syria
Tell Goran
Tell Goran
Location of Tell Goran in Syria
Coordinates: 36°35′46″N 40°24′30″E / 36.59611°N 40.40833°E / 36.59611; 40.40833
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Hasakah
SubdistrictTell Tamer
Population
 (2004)[1]
183
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocoden/a

The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[4] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 183.[1]

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References edit

  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.