Al-Darbasiyah

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Al-Darbasiyah
الدرباسية
Dirbêsiyê
Town
Al-Darbasiyah is located in Syria
Al-Darbasiyah
Al-Darbasiyah
Location in Syria
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Country  Syria
Governorate Al-Hasakah Governorate
District Ras al-Ayn District
Nahiyah Al-Darbasiyah
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 8,551
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)
Area code(s) 52

Al-Darbasiyah (Arabic: الدرباسية‎‎, Kurdish: Dirbêsiyê‎) is a Syrian town on the Syrian-Turkish border opposite the Turkish town of Senyurt. Administratively it is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Darbasiyah had a population of 8,551 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 113 localities with a combined population of 55,614 in 2004.[1] The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Kurds.

It is connected by road to Tell Beydar in the south.

Since July 2012, the town has been under Kurdish control.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (Arabic)
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