Al-Hasakah District
Al-Hasakah District 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.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 :PCode | Name | Area | Population | Villages | Seat |
SY080000 | al-Hasakah Subdistrict | km² | 108 | al-Hasakah | |
SY080001 | Tell Tamer Subdistrict | km² | 13 | Tell Tamer | |
SY080002 | al-Shaddadah Subdistrict | km² | 16 | al-Shaddadah | |
SY080003 | Markada Subdistrict | km² | 13 | Markada | |
SY080004 | Bir al-Helou al-Wardiya Subdistrict | km² | 72 | Bir al-Helou | |
SY080005 | al-Arishah Subdistrict | km² | 20 | al-Arishah | |
SY080006 | al-Hawl Subdistrict | km² | 22 | al-Hawl |