The Al Hasakah Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة الحسكة, Kurdish: Hesîçe) is a governorate in the far north-east corner of Syria that has the Euphrates river running through it. It is distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water, picturesque nature, and more than one hundred archaeological sites. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic and Aramaic. ...
The Kurdish language is an Iranian language spoken in the region called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ...
Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). ...
The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name, Arabic: الÙرات Al-Furat, Armenian: ÔµÖƒÖ€Õ¡Õ¿ Yeá¹—rat, Hebrew: פְּרָת Perath, Kurdish: Ferat, Azeri: FÉ™rat, Old Persian: Ufrat, Syriac: ܦܪܘܬ or ܦܪܬ Frot or Prâth, Turkish: Fırat, Akkadian: Pu-rat-tu) is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (the other being the...
Demographics and population
The inhabitants of Al Hasakah are mainly Kurds [1], [2] but minorities include Arabs and Assyrian Christians. The population of the governorate was estimated in 2006 [3] to be 1,225,926. Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ...
The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ...
Assyrians are Aramaic-speaking Christians who consider themselves to be indigenous inhabitants of Mesopotamia, and inheritors of the ancient culture of Assyria. ...
This article is about the religous people known as Christians. ...
Notable cities in the governorate and their estimated population as in 2006 [4] are : Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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- Qamishli: 86,129
- Al Hasakah: 81,809
- Amuda: 45,980
- Ra's Al Ein: 23,008
- Ad Darbasiyah: 21,865
- Al Malikiyah: 18,448
Qamishli ܩܡܫܠܝ (or Al Qamishli or Kamishli, sometimes transcribed with accents) is a city in northeast Syria on the border with Turkey and close to Iraq (Ancient Assyria). ...
Al Hasakah is a governorate in the far north-east corner of Syria that has the Euphrates river running through it. ...
Archaeology The most prominent archaeological sites are: - Hamoukar:considered by some archaeologists to be the oldest city in the world
- Tell Halaf: Excavations have revealed successive civilization levels and beautiful basalt sculptures.
- Tell Brak: Situated halfway between al-Hasakah city and the frontier town of al-Qamishli. Excavations in the tell have revealed the Uyun Temple and King Naram-Sin palace-stronghold.
- Tell Hittin: 15 layers of occupation have been identified.
- Tell Lilan: Excavations began in 1975 and have revealed many artefacts and buildings dating back to the 6th millennium BCE such as a bazaar, temple, palace, etc.
It is well known that the Khabur River, which flows through al-Hasakah for 440 km, witnessed the birth of the some of the earliest civilizations in the world. Hamoukar is a large archaeological site located in a remote part of northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border, in the Jazira region in the Al Hasakah governorate. ...
Hunting scene relief in basalt found at Tell Halaf, dated 850-830 BCE Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border. ...
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The Khabur river (also Habor, Habur) is 200 miles (320 km) long, beginning in southeastern Turkey, and flowing generally southeast to Syria where it is joined by the Jaghjagh River and eventually empties into Euphrates River. ...
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