Al-Qamishli
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Al-Qamishli القامشلي Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ, translit. Bēṯ Zālīn Kurdish: Qamişlo |
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 Al-Qamishli
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| Coordinates: 37°03′N 41°13′E / 37.05°N 41.22°ECoordinates: 37°03′N 41°13′E / 37.05°N 41.22°E | |
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 Syria
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| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Qamishli |
| Subdistrict | al-Qamishli |
| Established | 1926 |
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Population (2004) | 184,231 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Area code | +963 52 |
| Geocode | C4564 |
Al-Qamishli (Arabic: القامشلي, Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ, translit. Bēṯ Zālīn, lit. 'House of Reeds', Kurdish: Qamişlo), is a city in northeastern Syria on the border with Turkey, adjoining the Turkish city of Nusaybin, and close to Iraq. According to the 2004 census, Al-Qamishli had a population of 184,231. Al-Qamishli is 680 kilometres (420 mi) northeast of Damascus.
The city is the administrative capital of the Al-Qamishli District of Al-Hasakah Governorate, and the administrative center of Nahiya al-Qamishli consisting of 92 localities with a combined population of 232,095 in 2004. In the course of the Rojava conflict, al-Qamishli became the de facto capital of the Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava.
The city was initially a small village inhabited by Assyrians/Syriacs called Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ, translit. Bēṯ Zālīn meaning House of Reeds. The current name is a Turkified form of it, where "Kamış" means "reed" in Turkish. (Turkish: Kamışlı)
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