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Umm Waghfah

Coordinates: 36°39′47″N 40°17′27″E / 36.66306°N 40.29083°E / 36.66306; 40.29083
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Umm Waghfah
أم وغفة
Sarspido
Village
Umm Waghfah is located in Syria
Umm Waghfah
Umm Waghfah
Location of Umm Waghfah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°39′47″N 40°17′27″E / 36.66306°N 40.29083°E / 36.66306; 40.29083
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Hasakah
SubdistrictTell Tamer
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocoden/a

Umm Waghfah (Arabic: أم وغفة), also known as Sarspido (سرسبيدو), 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.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.