District in al-Hasakah, Syria
Al-Hasakah District (Arabic: منطقة الحسكة, romanized: manṭiqat 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
|
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