Al-Hasakah
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Al-Hasakah الحسكة | |
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Collage o Al-Hasakah | |
Coordinates: 36°29′N 40°45′E / 36.483°N 40.750°E | |
Kintra | Sirie |
Govrenorate | Al-Hasakah Govrenorate |
Destrict | Al-Hasakah Destrict |
Population (2004 census[1]) | |
• City | 188,160 |
• Metro | 251,570 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Area code(s) | 52 |
Al-Hasakah (Syriac: ܚܣܟܗ, Arabic: الحسكة Al Ḥasaka, Kurdish: Hesîçe, Turkis: Hasiçi) is the caipital ceety o the Al-Hasakah Govrenorate an is locatit in the far north-east corner o Sirie. Al-Hasakah haes the seicont heichest population in the govrenorate, 81,809, wi the majority being Christian ethnic Assiries/Syriacs, the Muslims in the ceety are mainly Kurds an Arabs. The Khabur River runs through Al-Hasakah an the rest o the govrenorate.