Al Hasakah الحسكة | |
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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.
The govrenorate haes 4 destricts (Mintaqa's):
These are further dividit intae ? sub-destricts (nawahi).
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]
The maist prominent airchaeological steids are:
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.