Al-Hasakah Govrenorate

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.

Al Hasakah الحسكة
Govrenorate
Map o Sirie wi Al Hasakah heichlichtit
Coordinates (Al-Hasakah): 36.5°N 40.9°E / 36.5; 40.9
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

Destricts

Template:Al-Hasakah Labelled Map

The govrenorate haes 4 destricts (Mintaqa's):

• Al-Hasakah
• Al-Malikiyah
• Qamishli
• Ra's al-'Ayn

These are further dividit intae ? sub-destricts (nawahi).

Demographics an population

The inhabitants o Al Hasakah are composed frae different ethnic an cultural groups mainly Arabs, Assirians/Siriacs, Kurds, Armenians, an ithers. 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:

• 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

• 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

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.

Freemit airtins

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