Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate

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Al-Qahtaniyah
القحطانية
Tirbespiyê
Town
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Country 23x15px Syria
Governorate Al-Hasakah Governorate
District Al-Qamishli District
Nahiyah Al-Qahtaniyah
Elevation Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 16,946
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Al-Qahtaniyah or Qubour al-Bid (Arabic: القحطانية‎; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ Qore Khworih; Kurdish: Tirbespiyê) is an historically Assyrian town of Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qahtaniyah had a population of 16,946 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 103 localities with a combined population of 65,685 in 2004.[1] The population consists mostly of Arabs and Kurds in addition to a significant number of Syriacs/Assyrians.

Etymology

The former name of the town, "Qubour al-Bid", is derived from the Arabic and Aramaic words "Qubour/Qoreh", both meaning "graves", and "al-Bid/Khworih", both meaning "white". The name of the town therefore means "White graves". Al-Qahtaniyah's current name was adopted in 1962 as a more optimistic name than its old name.

History

On 13 March 2004, during the 2004 Al-Qamishli riots where 40 Kurds were killed, the population of Al-Qahtaniyah protested at the funerals of the killed. Protesters were shot at and injured in the town.[2]

As of 2004, al-Qahtaniyah is the sixth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate.

During the Syrian Civil War, the YPG took control over the town.[3]

Demographics

In 2004 the population was 16,946. The population consists mostly of Arabs and Kurds in addition to a significant number of Syriacs/Assyrians.

Notable people

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. "Report by the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Theo van Boven Syrian Arab Republic". Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  3. "Tyrkisk avis: Kurdistan nr. 2 bliver dannet". Jiyan (in Danish). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.