Al-Hasakah District

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al-Hasakah District
منطقة الحسكة
al-Hasakah District in Syria
Location of al-Hasakah District within al-Hasakah Governorate
al-Hasakah District is located in Syria
al-Hasakah District
al-Hasakah District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (al-Hasakah): 36°30′N 40°45′E / 36.5°N 40.75°E / 36.5; 40.75
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Seatal-Hasakah
Subdistricts7 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total12,646.32 km2 (4,882.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
480,394
GeocodeSY0800

Al-Hasakah District (Arabic: منطقة الحسكة, romanizedmanṭiqat al-Ḥasaka) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre for the district is the city of al-Hasakah. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 480,394.

Demographics[]

In 1939, French mandate authorities reported the following population numbers for the different ethnic and religious groups in al-Hasakah area.[1]

District Arab Kurd Christian Armenian Assyrian
City centre 7133 360 5700 500
Tel Tamer 8767
Ras al-Ayn 2283 1025 2263
Shaddadi 2610 6
Tel Brak 4509 905 200

Subdistricts[]

The district of al-Hasakah is divided into seven subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

Subdistricts of al-Hasakah District
PCode Name Area Population Villages Seat
SY080000 al-Hasakah Subdistrict 2,509.56 km2 251,570 108 al-Hasakah
SY080001 Tell Tamer Subdistrict 1,111.89 km2 50,982 13 Tell Tamer
SY080002 al-Shaddadah Subdistrict 1,935.05 km2 58,916 16 al-Shaddadah
SY080003 Markada Subdistrict 3,383.44 km2 34,745 13 Markada
SY080004 Bir al-Helou al-Wardiya Subdistrict 915.05 km2 38,833 72 Bir al-Helou
SY080005 al-Arishah Subdistrict 1,519.41 km2 30,544 20 al-Arishah
SY080006 al-Hawl Subdistrict 1,271.92 km2 14,804 22 al-Hawl

References[]

  1. ^ Algun, S., 2011. Sectarianism in the Syrian Jazira: Community, land and violence in the memories of World War I and the French mandate (1915- 1939). Ph.D. Dissertation. Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands. Page 11. Accessed on 8 December 2019.


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