al-Fadghami الفدغمي |
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Location of al-Fadghami in Syria | |
Coordinates: 35°54′18″N 40°53′16″E / 35.90500°N 40.88778°ECoordinates: 35°54′18″N 40°53′16″E / 35.90500°N 40.88778°E | |
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Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | al-Hasakah |
Subdistrict | Markada |
Population (2004) | 5,062 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
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.
The tell of the village might be the site of the ancient Qattunan; a provincial center of the kingdom of Mari. Qattunan might be the same "Gu-da-da-num" mentioned in the Ebla tablets. It was known as "Qatni", "Qatnu" and "Qa-tu-un" for the Assyrians.