Al-Hasakah Govrenorate
Al Hasakah الحسكة | |
|---|---|
 Map o Sirie wi Al Hasakah heichlichtit | |
| Coordinates (Al-Hasakah): 36°30′N 40°54′E / 36.5°N 40.9°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Caipital | Al-Hasakah |
| Manatiq (Destricts) | 4 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23334 km2 (9,009 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,477,000 |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SY-HA |
| Main leid(s) | Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac-Aramaic |
The Al Hasakah Govrenorate (Arabic: مُحافظة الحسكة, Siriac: Gozarto) is a govrenorate in the far north-east corner o Sirie that haes the Euphrates river runnin through it. It is distinguisht bi its fertile lands, plentiful water, picturesque natur, an mair nor ane hunder airchaeological steids.
Destricts[eedit | eedit soorce]
The govrenorate haes 4 destricts (Mintaqa's):
These are further dividit intae ? sub-destricts (nawahi).
Demographics an population[eedit | eedit soorce]
The inhabitants o Al Hasakah are composed frae different ethnic an cultural groups mainly Arabs, Assirians/Siriacs, Kurds, Armenians, an ithers.[1][2] The population o the govrenorate wis estimatit in 2007 tae be 1,377,000. Notable ceeties in the govrenorate an their estimatit population as in 2006 are:[3]
- Qamishli: 82,129
- Al-Hasakah: 81,809
- Amuda: 45,980
- Ra's Al Ein: 23,008
- Ad Darbasiyah: 21,865
- Al-Malikiyah: 18,448
Sirian Census 1943 in Al Hasakah[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Sunni Muslims 99.665 (68.26%)
- Shia Muslims 326 (00.22%)
- Alawis 93 (00.06%)
- Ismailis 8 (00.01%)
- Druzes 0 (00.00%)
- Christians 42.496 (29.11%)
- Jews 1.938 (01.33%)
- Yazidis 1.475 (01.01%)
- Al Hasakah 146.001 (100.0%)
Airchaeology[eedit | eedit soorce]
The maist prominent airchaeological steids are:
- Hamoukar: considered bi some airchaeologists tae be the auldest ceety in the warld
- Tell Halaf: Excavations hae revealed successive ceevilization levels an bonnie basalt sculptures.
- Tell Brak: Situatit haufway atween al-Hasakah ceety an the frontier toun o al-Qamishli. Excavations in the tell hae revealed the Uyun Temple an King Naram-Sin palace-stranghauld.
- Tell el Fakhariya
- Tell Hittin: 15 layers o occupation hae been identified.
- Tell Leilan: Excavations began in 1975 an hae revealed mony airtifacts an biggins datin back tae the 6t millennium BCE such as a bazaar, temple, palace, etc.
It is weel kent that the Khabur River, which flows through al-Hasakah for 440 km, witnessed the birth o the some o the earliest ceevilizations in the warld.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ehasakeh The First Complete wabsteid for Al-Hasakah news an services
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