It is located in al-Hasakah province, in the northeastern part of the country, 500 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.
[1] Tall Sulaymānī is an archaeological tell, an artificial mound formed from the accumulated refuse of generations of people living on the same site for hundreds or thousands of years.
The highest point nearby is Tell Kawkab, 526 meters above sea level, 9.9 kilometers east of Tall Sulaymānī.
The closest major community is Al-Hasakah, 7.6 kilometers south of Tall Sulaymānī.
[2] Around Tall Sulaymānī it is quite densely populated, with 179 inhabitants per square kilometer.