Al-Hawl Subdistrict ناحية الهول |
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Subdistrict | |
Location of Al-Hawl Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate |
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Country | Syria |
Governorate | al-Hasakah |
Seat | al-Hawl |
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• 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.