Hasakah
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al-Hasakah الحسكة Hesîçe |
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 al-Hasakah
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| Coordinates: 36°30′42″N 40°44′32″E / 36.5117°N 40.7422°ECoordinates: 36°30′42″N 40°44′32″E / 36.5117°N 40.7422°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | al-Hasakah |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (2004) | 188,160 |
| • Metro | 251,570 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Area code | +963 52 |
| Geocode | C4360 |
Al-Hasakah (Arabic: الحسكة, Kurdish: Hesîçe, Syriac: ܚܣܟܗ, Turkish: Haseke ), also known as Al-Hasakeh, Al-Kasaka or simply Hasakah, is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate and it is located in the far north-eastern corner of Syria. With a population of 188,160 residents in 2004, Al-Hasakah is among the ten largest cities in Syria and the largest in the governorate. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 108 localities with a combined population of 251,570 in 2004.
Al-Hasakah has an ethnically diverse population of Kurds, Arabs and Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians. The Khabur River runs through Al-Hasakah and the rest of the governorate. As a preliminary result of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Al-Hasakah today is situated in Jazira Canton within the autonomous Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava framework.
Al-Hasakah is 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the Turkish border-city of Qamishli. The Khabur River, a tributary of the Euphrates River flows through the city, downriver from Ras al-Ayn, another Turkish border-town. The Jaghjagh River flows into the Khabur River at Al-Hasakah.
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