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Nahiya al-Hawl

Al-Hawl Subdistrict
ناحية الهول
Subdistrict
Al-Hawl Subdistrict in Syria
Location of Al-Hawl Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country  Syria
Governorate al-Hasakah
Seat al-Hawl
Area
 • Total 1,271.92 km2 (491.09 sq mi)
Population (2004) 14,804
Geocode SY080006

Al-Hawl Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية الهول‎‎) is a subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administrative centre is the town of al-Hawl.

The subdistrict is located east of al-Hasakah. It borders to the Khabur Basin to the west, and the Sinjar mountains just across the Iraqi border to the east.

At the 2004 census, it had a population of 58,916.


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