Al-Qahtaniyah
ٱلْقَحْطَانِيَّة Tirbespî ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 37°02′07″N 41°37′26″E / 37.035375°N 41.623917°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | Qamishli |
Subdistrict | al-Qahtaniyah |
Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
Population (2004)
[1] | 16,946 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Geocode | C4751 |
Al-Qahtaniyah ( Arabic: ٱلْقَحْطَانِيَّة, romanized: al-Qaḥṭānīyah; Kurdish: Tirbespî; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ, romanized: Qabre Ḥewore), formerly Qubur al-Bid, is a town in northeastern Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of al-Qahtaniyah Subdistrict, which consists of 103 localities. Historically an Assyrian city, [2] at the 2004 census, it had a population of 16,946. [1] The Female Protection Forces of the Land Between Two Rivers trained in this city.
Al-Qahtaniyah was officially called Qbor el-Bid until 1962. Its old name was derived from the Arabic words "Qbor" ("graves") and "el-Bid" ("white") – i.e. "white graves." [2]
The majority of the towns inhabitants are Kurds, followed by a large number of Assyrians- Arameans. [2]
In 1927, the Kurdish tribal chief Haco Agha of the influential Haverkan tribe immigrated from Turkey together with more than 600 families and settled in the town. [3] On 13 March 2004, after the 2004 Qamishli riots when 40 Kurdish civilians were killed, residents of Al-Qahtaniyah who protested the killings were shot at and injured by Syrian forces. [4]
As of 2004, Al-Qahtaniyah is the sixth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate.
In late July 2012, during the Syrian civil war, the YPG took control of the town. [5]
Al-Qahtaniyah
ٱلْقَحْطَانِيَّة Tirbespî ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ | |
---|---|
Town | |
Coordinates: 37°02′07″N 41°37′26″E / 37.035375°N 41.623917°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | Qamishli |
Subdistrict | al-Qahtaniyah |
Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
Population (2004)
[1] | 16,946 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Geocode | C4751 |
Al-Qahtaniyah ( Arabic: ٱلْقَحْطَانِيَّة, romanized: al-Qaḥṭānīyah; Kurdish: Tirbespî; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ, romanized: Qabre Ḥewore), formerly Qubur al-Bid, is a town in northeastern Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of al-Qahtaniyah Subdistrict, which consists of 103 localities. Historically an Assyrian city, [2] at the 2004 census, it had a population of 16,946. [1] The Female Protection Forces of the Land Between Two Rivers trained in this city.
Al-Qahtaniyah was officially called Qbor el-Bid until 1962. Its old name was derived from the Arabic words "Qbor" ("graves") and "el-Bid" ("white") – i.e. "white graves." [2]
The majority of the towns inhabitants are Kurds, followed by a large number of Assyrians- Arameans. [2]
In 1927, the Kurdish tribal chief Haco Agha of the influential Haverkan tribe immigrated from Turkey together with more than 600 families and settled in the town. [3] On 13 March 2004, after the 2004 Qamishli riots when 40 Kurdish civilians were killed, residents of Al-Qahtaniyah who protested the killings were shot at and injured by Syrian forces. [4]
As of 2004, Al-Qahtaniyah is the sixth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate.
In late July 2012, during the Syrian civil war, the YPG took control of the town. [5]