Al-Hasakah Subdistrict

Al-Hasakah Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز الحسكة) is a subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in central al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Hasakah. It has a mixed population of Kurds, Assyrians, and Arabs. Most of the subdistrict is part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, apart from an enclave of Hasakah city, which has remained under the control of the Syrian government since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.

Al-Hasakah Subdistrict ناحية مركز الحسكة
Subdistrict
Location of Al-Hasakah Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	Al-Hasakah District
Seat	al-Hasakah
Area
• Total	2,509.56 km2 (968.95 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]	251,570
Geocode	SY080000

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 251,570.^[1]

Cities, towns and villages

Cities, towns and villages of al-Hasakah Subdistrict

PCode	Name	Population
C4360	al-Hasakah	188,160
C4351	al-Tweinah	5,062
—	Western Tell Tawil	3,109
C4354	Safya	2,849
C4378	Qaber Amer	2,205
C4343	Tal Majdal	2,153
C4365	Eastern Hamra	2,088
C4361	Eastern Rajman	1,950
C4347	Western Sabe Skur	1,860
—	—	1,676
—	—	1,597
C4366	Um Elmilh	1,566
—	—	1,443
C4340	Kherbet Elias	1,348
C4349	Salaliyeh	1,298
—	—	1,204
C4334	Um Qasir Almjarjaa	1,153
C4369	Sayed Ali	1,130
C4346	Rafraf	1,022
C4371	Tal Baydar Haskeh	958
—	Karama	936
—	—	910
—	—	860
—	—	826
C4367	Ein Elhara	790
C4374	Rehiyeh Nameh	774
C4368	Sulaymaniya	753
—	—	731
—	—	725
C4364	Um Elmaez	715
—	—	688
—	—	683
C4344	Um Elshok	642
—	—	642
C4376	Qubbet Elsokhur	594
—	—	571
C4373	Zaydiyeh Hasskeh	563
C4380	Msheirfet Elashmal	518
C4381	Mahd Elrijleh	511
C4357	Masudiyeh Haska	480
C4348	Duwadiyeh Haskeh	478
C4370	Southern Lower Um Hajra	465
C4355	Um Eldibis Elhiskeh	462
—	Noman	445
C4341	Abu Rasin Haskeh	426
C4350	Hafayer	405
—	—	373
C4362	Matl	364
—	—	359
C4336	Razaza	352
—	—	341
—	—	327
C4331	Khazneh	313
—	—	311
C4359	Eastern Taban	308
C4377	Nurak	308
C4363	First Mabtuh	306
—	—	253
—	—	249
—	—	244
C4382	Masudiyeh Elbizara	227
C4358	Tal Mansur Haskeh	218
—	—	214
—	—	207
—	—	206
—	—	204
—	—	201
—	—	199
C4383	Western Qamar	198
—	—	198
—	—	186
C4337	Madina	181
C4372	Tal Shaalan	181
—	—	180
C4332	Um Hajra Almoqbela	173
—	—	173
—	—	166
—	—	163
—	—	159
—	—	157
—	—	152
C4339	Sofya	150
—	—	150
C4338	Shama	149
—	—	149
C4356	Lower Tal Aswad	148
—	—	145
—	—	141
—	—	140
—	—	135
—	—	132
C4379	Qaber Elkhalif	126
—	—	125
C4335	Jdideh	124
C4342	Talaah	121
—	—	121
C4353	Harmala	115
C4352	Upper Tal Aswad	106
—	—	105
—	—	86
—	—	82
C4375	Hilaliyeh	65
C4333	Rahmaniya	62
—	Kherbet Elfaras	49
—	—	34
—	—	23
—	—	9
—	—	3
	Umm al Quşayr

Civil war

Main article: Syrian Civil War

Following the Battle of Shaddadi in February 2013, in which the city of Al-Shaddadah came under the control of al-Nusra Front, the southern parts of Al-Hasakah Subdistrict also fell to Nusra. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took over from al-Nusra Front in the area, and pushed northwards up to the boundary of Hasakah city, culminating in the 2015 Battle of al-Hasakah.^[2] ISIL were finally driven from the district in the Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016).

Kawkab military base

Surrounding Mount Kawkab (Arabic: تلة كوكب, at 36.536251°N, 40.858276°E) is the largest military base of the governorate, which has remained in the hands of the Syrian Army throughout the war.^[3] ISIS attacked the base without success in July 2014 and October 2015.^[4][5]