The following is a list of Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. Most settlements are located in northern Iraq, north-western Iran, south-eastern Turkey and north-eastern Syria, a region in and around the traditional and historic Assyrian homeland.
Currently, there are a number of settlements on this list that have been abandoned due to persecution, conflict, and other causes.
Note- Saidnaya and Ma'loula are the only villages left where a majority of the population speak the Western Aramaic dialects
Note- Nearly all if not all are uninhabited
Note- every "inhabited" village is west of the city of Idil
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Batman, Turkey
Diyarbakir, Turkey
Elazig, Turkey
Gaziantep, Turkey
Hakkari, Turkey
Istanbul,Turkey
Mardin, Turkey
Sirnak (Şırnak), Turkey
Şanlıurfa (Urfa), Turkey
Van, Turkey
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. According to the Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages there were four rural settlements with significant Assyrian population.