Al-Muabbada

Al-Muabbada

المعبدة
Girkê Legê
Al-Muabbada المعبدة; Girkê Legê
Town
	Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 37°0′59″N 41°57′16″E / 37.01639°N 41.95444°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Malikiyah
Subdistrict	al-Muabbada
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population (2004 census)
• Total	15,759
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Muabbada (Arabic: المعبدة; Kurdish: Girkê Legê) is a town in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Muabbada had a population of 15,759 in the 2004 census.^[1] According to the Kurdish news agency "Rudaw", the Ba'athist Party under President Hafez al-Assad changed the name of the town to Al-Muabbada.^[2] The town is 35 kilometres from the Iraqi border and 15 kilometres from the Turkish border.^[3] As of 2004, Al-Muabbada is the eighth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate. The majority of the inhabitants of the town are Kurds with a large Arab minority.^[4]

On 24 July 2012, the PYD announced that Syrian security forces withdrew from Al-Muabbada. The YPG forces afterwards took control of all government institutions^[2] and the town came fully under the PYD's control.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ ^a ^b "Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria". Rudaw. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Syrian Crisis Brings a Blessing for Kurds". Inter Press Service. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (in Arabic)

[girkelege-2] "Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria". Rudaw. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[ips-3] "Syrian Crisis Brings a Blessing for Kurds". Inter Press Service. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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