Al-Hasakah Subdistrict

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Al-Hasakah Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز الحسكة) is a subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in central al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Hasakah. It has a mixed population of Kurds, Assyrians, and Arabs. Most of the subdistrict is part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, apart from an enclave of Hasakah city, which has remained under the control of the Syrian government since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.

Al-Hasakah Subdistrict
ناحية مركز الحسكة
Al-Hasakah Subdistrict in Syria
Location of Al-Hasakah Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictAl-Hasakah District
Seatal-Hasakah
Area
 • Total2,509.56 km2 (968.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
251,570
GeocodeSY080000

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 251,570.[1]

Cities, towns and villages

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Cities, towns and villages of al-Hasakah Subdistrict
PCode Name Population
C4360 al-Hasakah 188,160
C4351 al-Tweinah 5,062
Western Tell Tawil 3,109
C4354 Safya 2,849
C4378 Qaber Amer 2,205
C4343 Tal Majdal 2,153
C4365 Eastern Hamra 2,088
C4361 Eastern Rajman 1,950
C4347 Western Sabe Skur 1,860
1,676
1,597
C4366 Um Elmilh 1,566
1,443
C4340 Kherbet Elias 1,348
C4349 Salaliyeh 1,298
1,204
C4334 Um Qasir Almjarjaa 1,153
C4369 Sayed Ali 1,130
C4346 Rafraf 1,022
C4371 Tal Baydar Haskeh 958
Karama 936
910
860
826
C4367 Ein Elhara 790
C4374 Rehiyeh Nameh 774
C4368 Sulaymaniya 753
731
725
C4364 Um Elmaez 715
688
683
C4344 Um Elshok 642
642
C4376 Qubbet Elsokhur 594
571
C4373 Zaydiyeh Hasskeh 563
C4380 Msheirfet Elashmal 518
C4381 Mahd Elrijleh 511
C4357 Masudiyeh Haska 480
C4348 Duwadiyeh Haskeh 478
C4370 Southern Lower Um Hajra 465
C4355 Um Eldibis Elhiskeh 462
Noman 445
C4341 Abu Rasin Haskeh 426
C4350 Hafayer 405
373
C4362 Matl 364
359
C4336 Razaza 352
341
327
C4331 Khazneh 313
311
C4359 Eastern Taban 308
C4377 Nurak 308
C4363 First Mabtuh 306
253
249
244
C4382 Masudiyeh Elbizara 227
C4358 Tal Mansur Haskeh 218
214
207
206
204
201
199
C4383 Western Qamar 198
198
186
C4337 Madina 181
C4372 Tal Shaalan 181
180
C4332 Um Hajra Almoqbela 173
173
166
163
159
157
152
C4339 Sofya 150
150
C4338 Shama 149
149
C4356 Lower Tal Aswad 148
145
141
140
135
132
C4379 Qaber Elkhalif 126
125
C4335 Jdideh 124
C4342 Talaah 121
121
C4353 Harmala 115
C4352 Upper Tal Aswad 106
105
86
82
C4375 Hilaliyeh 65
C4333 Rahmaniya 62
Kherbet Elfaras 49
34
23
9
3
Umm al Quşayr

Civil war

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Following the Battle of Shaddadi in February 2013, in which the city of Al-Shaddadah came under the control of al-Nusra Front, the southern parts of Al-Hasakah Subdistrict also fell to Nusra. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took over from al-Nusra Front in the area, and pushed northwards up to the boundary of Hasakah city, culminating in the 2015 Battle of al-Hasakah.[2] ISIL were finally driven from the district in the Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016).

Kawkab military base

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Surrounding Mount Kawkab (Arabic: تلة كوكب, at 36.536251°N, 40.858276°E) is the largest military base of the governorate, which has remained in the hands of the Syrian Army throughout the war.[3] ISIS attacked the base without success in July 2014 and October 2015.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Hasakah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ "176 killed as ISIS advance in northeast Syria". TRT World. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. ^ "للمرة الثانية تنظيم الدولة يقطع الطريق بين الشدادي والحسكة (The road between Shaddadi and Hasaka cut again)". Baladi News (in Arabic). 15 December 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. ^ Cafarella, Jennifer (9 August 2014). "ISIS Works to Merge its Northern Front across Iraq and Syria". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. ^ Shiwesh, Ahmed (18 October 2015). "Syrian troops in Hasakah defend army base against ISIS attacks". ARA News. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.