List of Assyrian settlements

This article is about modern Assyrian settlements. For the list of historical Assyrian tribes, see List of Assyrian tribes.

The following is a list of historical and contemporary Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. This list includes settlements of Assyrians from Southeastern Turkey who left their indigenous tribal districts in Hakkari (or the historical Hakkari region), Sirnak and Mardin province^[2] due to torment, violence and displacement by Ottomans and Kurds in the First World War. Many Assyrians from Urmia, Iran were also affected and as such have emigrated and settled in other towns. Resettling again occurred during the Simele massacre in northern Iraq, perpetrated by the Iraqi military coup in the 1930s, with many fleeing to northeastern Syria.^[3]

A statue of the Jesus in Ankawa, Iraq, one of the largest modern Assyrian communities in the Assyrian homeland and is also the patriarchate of the Assyrian Church of the East.^[1]

Most modern resettlement is located in Iraq,^[4] Syria and Iran in the cities of Baghdad, Habbaniyah, Kirkuk, Duhok, Al-Hasakah, Tehran and Damascus. Few Assyrian settlements exist in Turkey today and also in the Caucasus. The exodus to the cities or towns of these aforementioned countries occurred between late 1910s and 1930s.^[5][6] After the Iraq War in 2003, a number of Assyrians in Baghdad relocated to the Assyrian homeland in northern Iraq.^[7] Many others have immigrated to North America, Europe and Australia, especially in the late 20th century and 21st century.^[8] Currently, there are a number of settlements on this list that have been abandoned due to persecution, conflict, and other causes.^[9]

Iraq

Baghdad Province

Settlement	Aramaic	Province	District	Note(s)
Dora	ܕܘܿܪܐ	Baghdad	Al Rashid	1,500 Christians, mostly adherents of the Assyrian Church of the East and Chaldean Catholic Church, inhabit Dora as of December 2014.^[10] Before the Iraq War Dora was home to 150,000 Christians.^[10]

Dohuk Province

 

Duhok Province

 

Assyrian Monastery of Mar Odishu in Dere

 

Assyrian Mar Narsai Church in Duhok

Settlement	Aramaic	Province	District	Note(s)
Araden^[11]	ܐܪܕܢ	Dohuk	Amadiya	35 Assyrian families inhabit Araden as of May 2004^[12]
Enishke	ܐܝܢܫܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	30 Assyrian families inhabit Enishke as of May 2004^[12]
Sarsing^[13]	ܣܪܣܢܓ	Dohuk	Amadiya	150 Assyrian families inhabit Sarsing as of May 2004^[14]
Badarash	ܒܪܕܪܐܫ	Dohuk	Amadiya	40 Assyrian families inhabit Badarash as of May 2004^[12]
Amadiya^[15]	ܥܡܝܕܝܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Baz	ܒܵܙ	Dohuk	Amadiya	10 Assyrian families inhabited Baz in May 2004.^[16] 40 Christian and Muslim families inhabit Baz as of June 2011^[17]
Bebadi	ܒܝܬ ܒܥܕܝ	Dohuk	Amadiya	30 Assyrian families inhabit Bebadi as of May 2004^[15]
Belejane	ܒܠܝܓ̰ܢܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	15 Assyrian families inhabit Belejane as of May 2004^[18]
Belmand	ܒܠܡܢܕ	Dohuk	Amadiya	50 Assyrian families inhabit Belmand as of May 2004^[19]
Beqolke	ܒܹܩܘܠܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	74 Assyrians inhabited Beqolke in 1957; 7 Assyrian families inhabited Beqolke in 1978; 4 Assyrian families inhabit Beqolke as of 1991^[20]
Benatha	ܒܹܢܬܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	8 Assyrian families inhabit Benatha as of May 2004^[12]
Beth Shmayaye	ܒܝܬ ܫܡܝܝܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Beth Tanura	ܒܝܬ ܬܢܘܪܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Chalek		Dohuk	Amadiya	10 Assyrian families inhabit Chalek as of May 2004^[16]
Chem Rabatke	ܟ̰ܡ ܪܒܬܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Dawodiya	ܕܘܘܕܝܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Dehi	ܕܗܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	20 Assyrian families inhabit Dehi as of 1991
Dere	ܕܝܪܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	323 Assyrians inhabited Dere in 1957;^[21] 250 Assyrians inhabited Dere in 1988;^[21] 25 Assyrian families inhabit Dere as of May 2004^[18]
Derishke	ܕܝܪܫܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	20 Assyrian families inhabit Derishke as of May 2004^[22]
Doreeh	ܕܘܪܗ	Dohuk	Amadiya	30 Assyrian families inhabit Dore as of May 2004^[23]
Eqri	ܐܩܪܝ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Eyat	ܐܝܬ	Dohuk	Amadiya	169 Assyrians inhabited Eyat in 1957; 19 Assyrian families inhabit Eyat as of 2013 ^[24]
Hayes	ܗܝܤ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Hezany	ܗܝܙܢܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	27 Assyrian families inhabit Hezany as of 1991
Jadide	ܓ̰ܕܝܕܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Jelek		Dohuk	Amadiya	519 Assyrians inhabited Jelek in 1957; 62 Assyrian families inhabit Jelek as of 2011 ^[25]
Jole	ܫ̰ܘܠܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Kani Balavi	ܟܢܝ ܒܠܦ̮ܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	15 Assyrian families inhabit Kani Balavi as of May 2004^[26]
Khalilane	ܚܠܝܠܢܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	20 Assyrian families inhabit Khalilane as of May 2004^[27]
Komany	ܟܘܡܢܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	20 Assyrian families inhabit Komany as of May 2004^[18]
Mangesh	ܡܢܓܫܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	1195 Assyrians inhabited Mangesh in 1947; 959 Assyrians inhabited Mangesh in 1965^[28]
Margajiya	ܡܪܓܐ ܓ̰ܝܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Maye	ܡܝܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	10 Assyrian families inhabit Maye as of May 2004^[22]
Meristek	ܡܝܪܣܬܟ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Meroge	ܡܝܪܘܓܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Meze	ܡܝܙܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Mosaka	ܡܘܣܵܟܵܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Sardarawa	ܣܪ ܕܪܒܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Sardashte	ܣܪܐ ܕܫܬܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Sikrine	ܣܟܪܝܢܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya
Tashish	ܬܫܝܫ	Dohuk	Amadiya	163 Assyrians inhabited Tashish in 1957.^[29]
Aqrah	ܥܩܪܐ	Dohuk	Aqrah
Nohawa	ܢܘܗܒܐ	Dohuk	Aqrah
Babelo	ܒܵܒܠܘ	Dohuk	Dohuk
Bagerat	ܒܓܝܪܬ	Dohuk	Dohuk
Dohuk	ܢܘܗܕܪܐ	Dohuk	Dohuk
Gondekosa	ܓܘܢܕ ܟܘܣܐ	Dohuk	Dohuk
Korygavana	ܟܘܪܝܓܦ̮ܢܐ	Dohuk	Dohuk
Zawita	ܙܘܝܬܐ	Dohuk	Dohuk
Avzrog	ܐܒܙܪܘܓ	Dohuk	Semel
Bajed Berav	ܒܓ̰ܕ ܒܝܪܦ̮	Dohuk	Semel
Bajed Kindal	ܒܓ̰ܕ ܟܝܢܕܠ	Dohuk	Semel
Bakhetme	ܒܚܬܡܐ	Dohuk	Semel
Bakhloja	ܒܚܠܘܓ̰ܐ	Dohuk	Semel
Jambor	ܓ̰ܡܒܘܪ	Dohuk	Semel
Mar Yakoo	ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ	Dohuk	Semel	79 Assyrian families inhabit Mar Yakoo as of 2011^[30]
Simele	ܣܡܠܐ	Dohuk	Semel
Sheze	ܫܝܙ	Dohuk	Semel	Inhabited as of November 2011^[31]
Shkafte	ܫܟܦ̮ܬܐ	Dohuk	Semel
Surka	ܨܘܪܟܐ	Dohuk	Semel
Berseve	ܒܝܪܣܦ̮ܐ	Dohuk	Zakho
Dashtatakh	ܕܫܬܟ	Dohuk	Zakho
Dera Shish	ܕܝܪܐ ܫܝܫ	Dohuk	Zakho	250 Assyrians inhabited Dera Shish in 1976; 8 Assyrian families inhabit Dera Shish as of 2011^[32]
Levo	ܠܝܦ̮ܘ	Dohuk	Zakho
Marga	ܡܪܓܐ	Dohuk	Zakho
Margasor	ܡܝܪܓܐ ܣܘܪ	Dohuk	Zakho
Navkandala	ܢܐܦ̮ ܟܢܕܠܐ	Dohuk	Zakho
Piraka	ܦܝܪܟܐ	Dohuk	Zakho
Qarawula	ܩܪܘܠܐ	Dohuk	Zakho	334 Assyrians inhabited Qarawula in 1957; inhabited by 66 Assyrian families in 1975. Inhabited as of November 2011.^[33]
Sharanesh	ܫܪܢܘܫ	Dohuk	Zakho
Zakho	ܙܟܼܘ	Dohuk	Zakho	A Chaldo-Assyrian tribe, associated with Catholic Assyrians. It has been inhabited by Assyrians since the 5th century. Assyrians from Hakkari, Turkey, have resettled there to escape persecution and violence by Ottoman Turks in the early 20th century.

Erbil Province

 

Erbil Province

 

Assyrian Mār Bena Church in Koy Sanjaq.

Settlement	Aramaic	Province	District	Note(s)
Ankawa	ܥܢܟܒܐ	Erbil	Erbil
Armota	ܐܪܡܥܘܛܐ	Erbil	Koya
Batas	ܒܬܣ	Erbil	Shaqlawa
Bidial	ܒܕܝܠ	Erbil	Barzan	5 Assyrian families inhabit Bidial as of 1991^[34]
Darbandokeh	ܕܪܒܢܕܘܟܐ	Erbil	Shaqlawa
Diana	ܕܝܢܐ	Erbil	Soran
Harir	ܗܪܝܪ	Erbil	Shaqlawa
Hawdiyan		Erbil	Shaqlawa
Hinari		Erbil
Koy Sanjaq	ܟܘܝܐ	Erbil
Rowanduz	ܪܘܢܕܝܙ	Erbil	Soran
Seerishmi	ܣܝܪܫܡܝ	Erbil
Shaqlawa	ܫܩܠܒܐ	Erbil	Shaqlawa
Qalata	ܩܠܬܐ	Erbil

Kirkuk Governorate

Settlement	Aramaic	Province	District	Note(s)
Kirkuk	ܟܪܟ	Kirkuk	Around 1,605 Assyrians lived there up until 1957

Nineveh Province

 

Ninawa Province

 

Interior view of the Meskinta Assyrian-Chaldean Church in Mosul

 

Church of Saint Thomas, Mosul

 

Saint Michael's church in Alqosh

Settlement	Aramaic	Province	District	Note(s)
Mosul	ܡܘܨܠ	Nineveh	Al-Mosul	Assyrians have inhabited the city of Mosul for over a millennia.^[35] Population records show a continuous Assyrian presence in Mosul from at least the 16th century.^[36]^[37] Assyrians from Mosul (known as Mawasli) are Arabic-speaking, their dialect belongs to North Mesopotamian Arabic.^[38]^[39] Most belong to Syriac churches; the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, and the Chaldean Catholic Church.^[40]^[41] A few having converted from Syriac churches to Protestantism starting in the mid 19th century.^[42] The majority of Mosul Assyrians migrated south to Baghdad in the 1960s due to political unrest and persecution, (1959 Mosul Uprising).^[43] However, Assyrians continued to live in Mosul until being fully driven out by ISIS in 2014.^[44] After the recapturing of Mosul, only a few Assyrian families have returned to the city.^[45]
Ain Sifni	ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢܐ	Nineveh	Shekhan
Alqosh	ܐܠܩܘܫ	Nineveh	Tel Keppe	Ancient Assyrian tribe associated with Chaldean Christians (Catholic Assyrians). It was also settled by Assyrians from Hakkari after 1914.
Bandwaya		Nineveh	Tel-Keppe
Bakhdida	ܒܟܕܝܕܐ	Nineveh	Al-Hamdaniya	Was an ancient, pre-Christian Assyrian town filled with historical artifacts. Always had a significant Christian minority in modern times. Was also settled by Assyrians from southeastern Turkey.
Balawat	ܒܝܬ ܠܒܬ	Nineveh	Al-Hamdaniya
Baqofah	ܒܬܢܝܐ	Nineveh	Tel Keppe
Bartella	ܒܪܬܠܐ	Nineveh	Al-Hamdaniya	Home to Oriental Orthodox Syriacs and Eastern Catholic Syriacs. Most emigrated out of the town due to Islamic terrorism and violence.
Batnaya	ܒܬܢܝܐ	Nineveh	Tel Keppe	Ancient Assyrian tribe associated with Catholic Assyrians. Partially resettled as of now, post-ISIS.
Dashqotan	ܕܫܩܘܬܢ	Nineveh	Shekhan
Karamles	ܟܪܡܠܝܣ	Nineveh	Al-Hamdaniya
Jambour^[46]		Nineveh	Tel Keppe
Khorsabad		Nineveh
Merki	ܡܪܓܐ	Nineveh	Shekhan
Sharafiya	ܫܪܦܝܐ	Nineveh	Tel Keppe	Tyari Assyrian immigrated here from Hakkari province after persecution and violence by Ottomans in 1914
Tel Keppe	ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ	Nineveh	Tel Keppe	Ancient Assyrian tribe populated by Catholic Assyrians (Chaldeans). Also has had Assyrian settlements from Hakkari.
Tesqopa	ܬܠ ܝܣܩܘܦܐ	Nineveh	Tel Keppe	As above.
Armash	ܥܪܡܫ	Nineveh	Shekhan
Azakh	ܐܕܟ	Nineveh	Shekhan
Beboze	ܒܒܘܙܐ	Nineveh	Shekhan
Dize		Nineveh	Shekhan
Mala Barwan	ܡܠܐ ܒܪܘܢ	Nineveh	Shekhan
Tilan	ܬܠܐ	Nineveh	Shekhan

Abandoned villages

Settlement	Aramaic	Province	District	Note(s)
Ashawa	ܐܫܘܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	619 Assyrians inhabited Ashawa in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[15]
Bebalok	ܒܝܒܠܘܟ	Dohuk	Amadiya	25 Assyrian families inhabited Bebalok in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[22]
Botara	ܒܘܬܪܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	12 families inhabited Botara in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[26]
Dergny	ܕܪܓܢܝ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Halwa	ܗܠܘܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	40 Assyrian families inhabited Halwa in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[26]
Hamziya	ܗܡܙܝܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	102 Assyrians inhabited Hamziya in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[15]
Khwara	ܚܘܪܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	92 Assyrians inhabited Khwara in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[22]
Magrebiya	ܡܓܪܒܝܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	18 Assyrians inhabited Magrebiya in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[23]
Malakhta	ܡܐܠܟܬܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	28 Assyrians inhabited Malakhta in 1957; uninhabited by Assyrians as of May 2004^[23]
Argen	ܐܪܓܢ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Atosh	ܐܬܘܫ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Barzanke	ܒܪܙܢܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Bash	ܒܫ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Bobawa	ܒܘܒܘܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Cham Eshrat	ܟ̰ܡ ܐܝܫܪܬ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Cham Siny	ܟ̰ܡ ܣܝܢܝ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Chamike	ܟ̰ܡܝܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Chaqala	ܟ̰ܩܠܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Chem Chale	ܟ̰ܡ ܟ̰ܠܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Dohoke	ܕܘܗܘܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Essan	ܐܝܣܢ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Estep	ܐܣܬܦ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Hawarke	ܗܒܪܝܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Hawentka	ܗܒܢܬܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Hish	ܬܝܫ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Mahode	ܡܗܘܕܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Maydan	ܡܝܕܐܢ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Nerwa	ܢܪܒܐ ܬܚܬܝܬܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited, see also Nerwa Rekan
Qaro	ܩܪܘ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Sedar	ܣܝܕܪ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Tashike	ܬܫܝܟܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Wela	ܘܝܠܐ	Dohuk	Amadiya	Uninhabited
Sharman	ܫܪܡܢ	Dohuk	Aqrah	Uninhabited
Shosh	ܫܘܫ	Dohuk	Aqrah	Uninhabited
Badaliya	ܒܕܠܝܐ	Dohuk	Semel	Uninhabited
Der Jondi	ܕܝܪ ܓ̰ܢܕܝ	Dohuk	Semel	Uninhabited
Hejirke	ܗܫ̰ܝܪܟܐ	Dohuk	Semel	Uninhabited
Mawana	ܡܘܢܐ	Dohuk	Semel	Uninhabited
Alanesh	ܐܠܢܝܫ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Bahnona	ܒܗܢܘܢܐ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Benekhre	ܒܝܢܐ ܚܐܪܐ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Bhere	ܒܚܝܪܐ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Der Hozan	ܕܝܪ ܗܘܙܢ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Istablan	ܐܣܬܒܠܢ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Malla Arap	ܡܠܐ ܥܪܒ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Margashish	ܡܪܓܐ ܫܝܫ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Sanat	ܣܢܬ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Shwadan	ܫܘܕܢ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Steblan	ܣܬܒܠܢ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited
Umra	ܥܘܡܪܐ	Dohuk	Zakho	Uninhabited

Iran

 

West Azerbaijan, Iran

 

Tehran, Iran

West Azerbaijan Province

• Akhtekhaneh
• Anhar
• Armod Agaj
• Ada
• Ardishai
• Balanej (Balanush)
• Balowlan
• Chamakieh
• Charbash
• Digala
• Dizataka
• Gavilan
• Geogtapa populated
• Golpashan populated
• Iryawa
• Khanishan
• Khosrava
• Lolham (Lulpa)
• Mar Nukha
• Mar Sargis
• Margawar
• Mawana ܡܥܘܢܐ
• Mushawa
• Qarajalu
• Saatlou
• Salmas
• Sangar
• Jamlava (Jamal Abad)
• Sarna
• Shirabad
• Sir
• Sawraa
• Yengija
• Zoomalan ܙܘܡܠܢ

Urmia County

• Margawar
  • Razhani
  • Nergi
  • Gerdiki
  • Diza
  • Gullistan
• Salamas
  • Chara
  • Zewajik
  • Ulah
  • Guliser
  • Khanaga
  • Patamur
  • Sawra
  • Delemon
  • Mahlam
  • Sarna
• Tergawar
  • Anbi
  • Balulan
  • Darband
  • Dastalan
  • Haki
  • Qurana
  • Mar Behisho (Iran-Turkey border)
  • Mavana
  • Salona
  • Shibani
  • Tuleki
  • Tulu
• Sumay-ye Beradust District
  • Urmia
  • Mawana
  • Mushabad
  • Charbash
  • Borashan
  • Anhar
  • Gulpashan
  • Gug Tappeh
  • Darbarut
  • Mar Sargis
  • Seiri
  • Shirabad
  • Kirakiz
  • Chamaki
  • Kuchiye
  • Nazi
  • Kosi
  • Gangachin
  • Sopurghan

Iranian Kurdistan

• Sanandaj

Tehran Province

• Gisha

Syria

 

Al Hasakah, Syria

 

Homs, Syria

Assyrians immigrated to Syria during the 1930s and 1940s, from northern Iraq, after they were slaughtered and displaced during the Simele massacre perpetrated by the armed forces of the Kingdom of Iraq.^[47] Many Assyrians in Syria did not have Syrian citizenship and title to their land until late 1940s.^[48][49] The Assyrians who settled in the Khabour River Valley organized their villages according to their own tribal structure, with each village belonging to a single tribe.^[50] As such, each village effectively has two names, the official Arabic name and the unofficial Assyrian name, with the latter being the name of the tribe that built the town.^[51][52]

Al-Hasakah Governorate

Villages in the Khabour River Valley

• Abu Tinah (Jilu)
• al-Kharitah (Tkhuma)
• Qaber Shamiyah (Diz)
• Tell Ahmar (Upper Tyari)
• Tell Arboush (Tkhuma)
• Tell Balouaah (Diz)
• Tell Baz (Baz)
• Tell Bureij (Tkhuma)
• Tell Damshij (Qodchanis)
• Tell Fuweidat (Nochiya)
• Tell Goran (Jilu)
• Tell Hefyan (Qodchanis)
• Tell Hermez (Tkhuma)
• Tell Jedaya (Gawar)
• Tell Jazira (Eiel)
• Tell Jemaah (Halmoun)
• Tell Kifji (Liwan)
• Tell Makhadah (Tkhuma)
• Tell Maghas (Gawar)
• Tell Massas (Barwar)
• Tell Najma (Sara)
• Tell Nasri (Upper Tyari)
• Tell Ruman Foqani (Baz)
• Tell Ruman Tahtani (Tkhuma)
• Tell Sakra (Tkhuma)
• Tell Shamah (Tkhuma)
• Tell Shamiram (Marbisho)
• Tell Tal (Tkhuma)
• Tell Talaah (Sara)
• Tell Tamer (Upper Tyari)
• Tell Tawil (Upper Tyari)
• Tell Wardiat (Tkhuma)
• Umm al-Keif (Timar)
• Umm Ghargan (Tkhuma)
• Umm Waghfa (Upper Tyari)

Cities and towns with Syriac-Assyrian population

• Al-Darbasiyah
• Al-Hasakah
• Al-Malikiyah
• Al-Qahtaniyah
• Amuda
• Qamishli
• Ras al-Ayn

Villages

• Berabeytê/Berebeyt (ܒܰܪ ܒܝܬܐܰ ,بره بيت)^[53][54]
• Ghardugah
• Khanik
• Kirku Shamu
• Mahriqan
• Qir Sharan
• Safiyah
• Tal Aluw
• Tall Jana
• Tell Halaf
• Tirbekay

Damascus Governorate

Note: Maaloula and neighboring Muslim-majority villages Jubb'adin and Al-Sarkha are the only villages left where a majority of the population speak the Western Aramaic dialects

• Damascus
• Saidnaya
• Maaloula
• Al-Sarkha
• Jubb'adin

Homs Governorate

• Fairouzeh
• Zaidal
• Maskanah
• Al-Qaryatayn
• Sadad

Turkey

 

Some Assyrians from southeastern Turkey settled to a few nearby towns and cities in eastern Turkey after the genocide in 1914

Diyarbakır Province

• Diyarbakır

Batman Province

• Hesno d'Kefo
• Kafro 'Elayto

Mardin province

• ʼArbo
• ʼAnḥel
• Beth Kustan
• Beth Debe, Turkish: Dibek
• Beth Man’am, Turkish: Bahminir
• Birguriya, Turkish: Birigirya
• Bnebil, Turkish: Benabil
• Boté, Turkish: Bardakçı
• Chtrako
• Dara, Turkish: Oğuz
• Derelya
• Dayro Daslibo
• Deyrqube
• Ehwo, Turkish: Güzelsu
• Eskikale
• Habsus, Turkish: Mercimekli
• Hah, Turkish: Anıtlı
• Harabale/Arkah, Turkish: Üçköy
• Harabémechka, Turkish: Dağiçi
• Kafro Tahtayto
• Iwardo
• Keferb
• Keferze
• Kelith, Turkish: Dereiçi
• Kerburan
• Kfarbé, Turkish: Güngören
• M’aré, Turkish: Eskihisar
• Ma'asarte, Turkish: Ömerli^[55]
• Mardin
• Midyat
• Mor Bobo, Turkish: Günyurdu
• Mzizah
• Nusaybin
• Qritho di‘Ito (Gundeké Sukru)
• Qritho Hanna (Gundeké Hanna)
• Saleh, Turkish: Barıştepe
• Séderi, Turkish: Üçyol
• Zaz

Şırnak Province

• Azakh, Turkish: İdil
• Hoz, in Beytüşşebap
• Meer, Turkish: Kovankaya
• Öğündük
• Sare/Ester/Gawayto, Turkish: Sarıköy

Hakkari Province

The following is a list of Assyrian settlements in the Hakkari region prior to the Assyrian genocide of 1914. The Assyrian settlements in this region were divided into two groups, ashiret and rayyat. The ashiret settlements belonged to the five semi-independent tribes of Tyari, Tkhuma, Baz, Jilu, and Dez with each tribe presiding over its own district. The rayyat settlements were vassals to either the ashiret tribes or to Kurdish chieftains.^[56]

Villages in the Lower Tyari District (Ashiret)^[57]

• Arosh
• Ashita
• Bet Alata
• Bet Ragula
• Bet Zizo
• Challuk
• Chamba d'Bet Susina
• Chire Rezan
• Geramon
• Halmun
• Hur
• Kurhe
• Karukta
• Lagippa
• Lizan
• Mata d'Qasra
• Minyanish
• Ragula d'Salabakkan
• Shurd
• Umra Tahktaya
• Zarni
• Zawita

Villages in the Upper Tyari and Walto Districts (Ashiret and Rayyat)^[58]

• Aina d'Alile
• Bet Dalyata
• Bet Mariggo
• Bet Nahra
• Bet Zraqo
• Chamba d'Bet Eliya
• Chamba d'Hasso
• Chamba Khadta
• Chamba d'Kurkhe
• Chamba d'Malik
• Chamba d'Nene
• Chamba d'Kurdaye
• Dadosh
• Darawa (Ishte d'Nahra)
• Dura Ellaya
• Jemiata
• Khadiana
• Ko
• Mabbuwa
• Ma'lota d'Malik
• Mata d'Mart Maryam
• Mazra'a
• Mazra'a d'Qelayata
• Mratita
• Qelayata
• Resha d'Nahra
• Roma Smoqa
• Rumta
• Saraspidon
• Serta
• Shwawuta
• Siyador
• Zorawa

Villages in the Tkhuma District (Ashiret)^[59]

• Bet Arijai
• Gissa
• Gundikta
• Khani
• Mazra'a
• Tkhuma Gawaya

Villages in the Baz District (Ashiret)^[60]

• Argeb
• Bet Salam
• Mata Takhtaita
• Orwantus
• Qojija
• Shwawuta

Villages in the Jilu District (Ashiret)^[60][61]

• Alsan
• Ammod
• Bet Boqra
• Bubawa
• Marmuria
• Mata d'Mar Zaya
• Mata d'Oryaye
• Matriya
• Medhi
• Muspiran
• Nahra
• Nirek
• Omut
• Ore
• Samsekke
• Sarpel
• Saten (half Assyrian, half Kurd)
• Talana
• Zir
• Zirine

Villages in the Dez, Shwawuta, and Billijnaye Districts (Ashiret and Rayyat)^[62]

• Alas
• Alogippa
• Aqose
• Awert
• Bet Respi (a)
• Bet Respi (b)
• Bet Shammasha
• Chiri Chara
• Chulchen
• Daden
• Dairikki
• Derres
• Golozor
• Kursen
• Mades
• Makita
• Mar Quriaqos
• Nauberi
• Rabban Dadisho
• Saqerran
• Saramos
• Shwawuta
• Suwwa

Villages in the Liwan and Norduz Districts (Rayyat)^[63]

• Bailekan
• Billi
• Daira d'Zengel
• Erke
• Gokhikki
• Khandaqe
• Khargel
• Kanunta
• Marwanan
• Mata d'Umra
• Nogwizan
• Parhilan
• Sekunis
• Tel Jeri
• Ulaman
• Zaranis

Villages in the Qodchanis & Siwine Districts (Rayyat)^[64]

• Akhwanis
• Bet Hajij
• Bet Nano
• Charos
• Espen
• Karme
• Khardalanis
• Kigar
• Nerwa
• Oret
• Pekhen
• Qodchanis
• Qotranis
• Quranis
• Sallan
• Shmuninis
• Siwine
• Sorlines
• Tarmel
• Tirqonis

Villages in the Chal, Raikan, & Tal Districts (Rayyat)^[65]

• Arewun
• Bet Alata
• Bet Aziza
• Bet Biyya
• Bet Daire
• Bet Iqta
• Bet Quraye
• Bet Shuqa
• Erbesh
• Erk
• Estep
• Gebba
• Hish
• Merkanish
• Qo
• Rebbat
• Shawreza
• Talana

Villages in the Gawar District (Rayyat)^[66]

• Bashirga
• Bet Rberre
• Dara
• Darawa
• Diza Gawar
• Gagoran
• Karpel
• Khulkhus
• Kiyyet
• Maken Awa
• Manunan
• Memekkan
• Page
• Pa'ilan
• Pirzalan
• Qadiyan
• Qardiwar
• Sardasht
• Sinawa
• Urisha
• Wazirawa
• Zirkanis
• Zizan

Villages in the Albaq, Derrenaye, Khananis, and Artushi Kurdish Districts (Rayyat)^[67]

• Alamiyyan
• Ates
• Ayyel
• Barwes
• Basan
• Bet Zeqte
• Burduk
• Erdshi
• Gezna
• Hoze
• Khalila
• Khananis Ellaita
• Khananis Takhtaita
• Kharaban
• Kharalun
• Mar Behisho
• Menjilawa
• Parrashin
• Pusan
• Ozan
• Qalanis
• Sharinis
• Silmuan

Villages in the Shemsdin District (Rayyat)^[68]

• Baituta
• Balqan
• Bet Babe
• Bet Daiwe
• Bet Garde
• Bet Tunyo
• Dara
• Daron
• Duri
• Duru
• Gargane
• Halana
• Harbunan
• Isira
• Kek Perzan
• Mar Denkha
• Marta
• Nairdusha
• Qatuna
• Rustaqa
• Sarunis
• Shaput
• Sursire
• Talana
• Tis

Villages in the Baradost, Tergawar, & Mergawar Districts (Rayyat)^[69]

• Anbi
• Balulan
• Biteme
• Darband
• Dizgari
• Gangajin
• Gundukmalaya
• Haki
• Halbi
• Hbashkube
• Heshmawa
• Hulutan
• Hurana
• Husar
• Irima
• Nargi
• Pasta
• Qaloga
• Qurana
• Razga
• Rusna
• Salona
• Shaikhani
• Sihani
• Susnawa
• Tuleki
• Tulu
• Urtira
• Uwasu
• Zangilan
• Ziruwa

Villages in the Taimar District (Rayyat)^[70]

• Aghjacha
• Armanis
• Gadalawa
• Hawsheshur
• Kharabsorik
• Kharashik
• Khinno
• Pokhanis
• Rushan
• Satibak
• Seel
• Serai
• Toan

Armenia

 

A multilingual (Armenian, Assyrian, Russian) sign at the entrance of Arzni

The Assyrian population in Armenia is mainly rural. Out of 3,409 Assyrians in Armenia 2,885 (84.6%) was rural and 524 (15.4%) urban.^[71] According to the Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages there were four rural settlements with significant Assyrian population.

Ararat Province

1. Verin Dvin - Assyrians and Armenians
2. Dimitrov - Assyrians and Armenians

Armavir Province

1. Nor Artagers - Assyrians, Armenians and Yazidis

Kotayk Province

1. Arzni - Assyrians and Armenians

See also

• List of Assyrian tribes
• Assyrian diaspora
• Assyrian people
• Arameans
• List of Nochiyayeh settlements
• Tur Abdin
• Barwari
• Hakkari
• Nineveh Plains
• Nahla Plains
• Sapna valley

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