Tell Hamis

Tell Hamis (Arabic: تَلّ حَمِيس, romanized: Tall Ḥamīs, Kurdish: Til Hemîs) is a town in northeastern Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The Wadi Jarrah flows through the town. It is the administrative center of the Tell Hamis Subdistrict, consisting of 129 localities.

Tell Hamis تَلّ حَمِيس
Town
Tell Hamis Location of Tell Hamis in Syria
Coordinates: 36.7586°N 41.3989°E / 36.7586; 41.3989
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	Qamishli
Subdistrict	Tell Hamis
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population  (2004)[1]	5,161
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C4639

At the 2004 census, Tell Hamis had a population of 5,161.^[1] The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Arabs.^[2]

Civil war

After falling to the Islamic State, it was retaken by Kurdish YPG forces and allied Arab tribes on February 27, 2015.^[3]

See also

• Syrian civil war