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{{About|the town in Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria|other towns with the same name|Al-Qahtaniyah (disambiguation){{!}}Al-Qahtaniyah}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name =Al-Qahtaniyah
|native_name = القحطانية
|other_name = Tirbespiyê
|pushpin_map = Syria
|pushpin_label_position =bottom
|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Syria
|pushpin_mapsize =250
|coordinates_region = SY
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Syria}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Syria|Governorate]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Al-Hasakah Governorate]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Syria|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Al-Qamishli District]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Nahiyah]]
|subdivision_name3 = Al-Qahtaniyah
|settlement_type = Town
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|population_as_of = 2004 census
|population_note =
|population_total = 16946
|population_footnotes = <ref name="CBS"/>
|utc_offset = +2
|timezone_DST = +3
|utc_offset_DST =
|latd=37|latm=1|lats= 39|latNS=N
|longd=41|longm=37|longs=49 |longEW=E
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}}
'''Al-Qahtaniyah''' or '''Qubour al-Bid''' ({{lang-ar|القحطانية}}; {{lang-syr|ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ Qore Khworih}}; {{lang-ku|Tirbespiyê}}) is an historically [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] town of [[Al-Hasakah Governorate]], [[Syria]]. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|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.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB08-11-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. {{ar icon}}</ref> The population consists mostly of [[Arabs]] and [[Kurds in Syria|Kurds]] in addition to a significant number of [[Assyrians in Syria|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Report by the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Theo van Boven Syrian Arab Republic|url=http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/torture/vanboven/syr.html|accessdate=17 November 2012}}</ref>

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

During the [[Syrian Civil War]], the [[People's Protection Units|YPG]] took control over the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tyrkisk avis: Kurdistan nr. 2 bliver dannet|url=http://jiyan.dk/2012/07/tyrkisk-avis-kurdistan-nr-2-bliver-dannet/|accessdate=17 November 2012|newspaper=Jiyan|date=22 July 2012|language=Danish}}</ref>

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

==Notable people==
* [[Tuma Gawriye Nahroyo]], Assyrian poet and author (1936-2002).

==References==
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{{Al-Hasakah Governorate|qamishli}}

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[[Category:Populated places in al-Qamishli District]]
[[Category:Towns in Syria]]
[[Category:Kurdish settlements]]
[[Category:Assyrian settlements]]
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[[Category:Al-Hasakah Governorate]]

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Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate - Revision history

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