al-Fadghami
الفدغمي | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 35°54′18″N 40°53′16″E / 35.90500°N 40.88778°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | al-Hasakah |
Subdistrict | Markada |
Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
Population (2004)
[1] | 5,062 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Geocode | C4449 |
Al-Fadghami ( Arabic: الفدغمي) is a village in southern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.
Administratively the village belongs to the Nahiya Markada of al-Hasakah District. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 5,062. [1]
The tell of the village might be the site of the ancient Qattunan; [2] a provincial center of the kingdom of Mari. [3] Qattunan might be the same "Gu-da-da-num" mentioned in the Ebla tablets. [4] It was known as "Qatni", "Qatnu" and "Qa-tu-un" to the Assyrians. [5]