Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict

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Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict
ناحية مركز رأس العين
Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict in Syria
Location of Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictRas al-Ayn District
SeatRas al-Ayn
Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
 Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Area
 • Total2,832.02 km2 (1,093.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
121,536
GeocodeSY080400

Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز رأس العين) is a subdistrict of Ras al-Ayn District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Ras al-Ayn. In 1907, Mark Sykes mentioned a nomadic Kurdish tribe called the Sartan living near Ras al-Ayn.[2]

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 121,536.[1]

Cities, towns and villages[edit]

Cities, towns and villages of Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict
PCode Name Population
C4988 Ras al-Ayn 29,347
C5017 al-Manajir 12,156
C5027 Mabrouka 6,325
C5021 Qattinah 4,736
C5005 Tell Abu Ra'sayn 4,390
C5002 Tell Halaf 4,274
Tell Safah 3,578
C4992 al-Amirit 3,182
C5025 Masjid 2,944
C5013 Tell Sinan Sharqi 2,272
Muthanna 2,183
Jan Tamur Sharqi 2,176
Barqa 1,901
C4989 Al-Safh Ras al-Ayn 1,854
C5011 Tell al-Ward Gharbi 1,757
C5009 Assadiya 1,674
Tell al-Arqum 1,430
C5020 Arada Kabira 1,415
C5019 Arshet Ras al-Ayn 1,327
C5007 Rawya 1,316
C5023 Modan 1,236
Bistan 1,187
C5000 Abu Jarada Kabir 1,180
C4987 Kabsh 1,179
C4997 Ahras 1,092
C5015 Tal Elamir 1,011
C4986 Dahmaa 1,009
Al-Alea al-Sharqiya 995
Al-Mutanabi 981
C4995 Thamud 978
C4984 Siwan 974
? 941
? 939
C5024 Mjeibreh 880
? 870
C5018 Salhiyeh Mala Khader 866
C5003 Rabiat Gharbi 863
? 860
C4994 Um Harmala 827
C4998 Abu Shakhat 792
C4990 Tal Harmal 763
C5006 Um Elasafir 725
C5022 Kisreh 716
C4993 Zaydiyeh Ras El Ein 663
C5016 Dawoodiyeh 634
Al-Alea al-Gharbia 630
C4985 Hakimeh 601
C4999 Dardara 579
Kharma 554
C5010 Kherbet Hamid 513
C4991 Abdel Salam Gharbi 469
C5012 Tal Sheer Ras al-Ayn 428
C4996 Ajla 425
C5014 Shara 417
? 414
? 348
Sukariyeh 338
? 332
C5026 Mbarkiyeh 322
? 321
? 309
C5001 Tal Baydar Ras al-Ayn 245
? 228
? 222
C5004 Kherbet Jamu 165
? 140
? 138

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Ras al-Ayn" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ Sykes, Mark (1908). "The Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38: 471. doi:10.2307/2843309. ISSN 0307-3114.