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]
Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict
ناحية مركز رأس العين | |
|---|---|
 Location of Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | Ras al-Ayn District |
| Seat | Ras al-Ayn |
| Control |  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Turkey Syrian Interim Government |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,832.02 km2 (1,093.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2004)[1] | 121,536 |
| Geocode | SY080400 |
At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 121,536.[1]
Cities, towns and villages
edit| 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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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