Hasakah District
Hasakah District
منطقة الحسكة Navçeya Hesekê | |
|---|---|
 Location of Hasakah District within al-Hasakah Governorate | |
  Hasakah District Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates (Hasakah): 36°30′N 40°45′E / 36.5°N 40.75°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Hasakah |
| Seat | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistricts | 7 nawāḥī |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,808.42 km2 (2,242.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 356,189 |
| • Density | 61.3229/km2 (158.826/sq mi) |
| Geocode | SY0800 |
Hasakah District (Arabic: منطقة الحسكة, romanized: manṭiqat al-Ḥasaka; Kurdish: Navçeya Hesekê) 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 356,189.
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):
| 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 |
| SY080004 | Bir al-Helou al-Wardiya Subdistrict | 915.05 km2 | 38,833 | 72 | Bir al-Helou |
| SY080006 | al-Hawl Subdistrict | 1,271.92 km2 | 14,804 | 22 | al-Hawl |
References
- ↑ 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) Archived 2019-12-09 at the Wayback Machine. Ph.D. Dissertation. Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands. Page 11. Accessed on 8 December 2019.