Jazeera Canton
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Jazira Region |
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| One of three de facto regions of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria | |||
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 The three regions of the DFNS: Afrin Region (orange), Euphrates Region (red) and Jazira Region (green). |
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 Syria
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| Governorate | Al Hasakah | ||
| De facto Administration | Democratic Federation of Northern Syria | ||
| Autonomy declared | January 21, 2014 | ||
| Administrative center | Qamishli | ||
| Government | |||
| • Prime Minister | Akram Hesso | ||
| • Co-Vice President | Elizabeth Gawrie | ||
| • Co-Vice President | Hussein Taza Al Azam | ||
| Population | |||
| • Estimate (2011) | 1,512,000 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Area code | +963 52 | ||
| Official languages | Kurdish, Arabic and Syriac-Aramaic | ||
Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton, (Kurdish: Herêma Cizîrê, Arabic: إقليم الجزيرة, Classical Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, translit. Ponyotho d'Gozarto), is the largest of the three regions of the de facto autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. As part of the ongoing Rojava campaign, its democratic autonomy was officially declared on 21 January 2014. The region was established on the Al-Hasakah Governorate formerly known as Al-Jazira Province of Syria.
According to the constitution, the city of Qamishli is the administrative center of Jazira Region. However, as parts of Qamishli remain under the control of Syrian government forces, meetings of the autonomous region's administration take place in the nearby city of Amuda.
The region has two subordinate cantons, the Hasakah canton consisting of the al-Hasakah area (with the Al-Shaddadi, Al-Arisha and Al-Hawl districts subordinate to it), Serê Kaniyê area (with the Zirkan district subordinate to it), Ad-Darbasiyah area, and Tel Tamir area, as well as the Qamishli canton consisting of the Qamishli area (with the Amûda, Tirbê Sipî, Tel Hemîs and Tel Berak districts subordinate to it) and Derik area (with the Girkê Legê, Tel Koçer and Çilaxa districts subordinate to it).
Jazira Region encompasses the area of Al-Hasakah Governorate except for Nahiya Markada of the Al-Hasakah District at the southernmost tip and Nahiya Ras al-Ayn of the Ras al-Ayn District at the westernmost tip. The region is bordered by Mardin and the western part of Şırnak Provinces of Turkey to the north, and Iraqi Kurdistan to the east.
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