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'''Rmelan''' ({{lang-ar|رميلان}}) is a town in the [[al-Hasakah Governorate]] at the northeast of [[Syria]]. Administratively being part of the Ma'badah nahiyah of [[al-Malikiyah District]], the town of Rmelan is located 900km northeast of the capital [[Damascus]], 165 km northeast of the governorate capital [[al-Hasakah]], 70 km east of [[Qamishli]], 30 km southwest of the district centre [[al-Malikiyah]] and 0.5 km southwest of the sub-district centre [[Ma'badah]]. It has an area of 5 km² and a population of 11,500 based on the 2009 official estimate.<ref>[http://www.esyria.sy/ehasakeh/index.php?p=stories&category=places&filename=200904142000033 Rmelan, the town that never sleeps]</ref>

The town is famous for being one of the major centres of oil production in Syria. The first oil exploration works in Rmelan started in 1934. However, the town was founded in 1956 along with the discovery of the first [[oil well]] in the Rmelan region, in the area of ''Karatchok''. Later in 1959, the oil well of ''as-Suwaydiyah'' was discovered as well in region.<ref>[http://www.esyria.sy/ehasakeh/index.php?p=stories&category=business&filename=200906212230033 Rmelan petrol production in Syria]</ref>

The town has a well-developed infrastructure including roads of 22 km-long, public parks, swimming pools, family clubs, cinema halls and cultural centres.

The town is also home to the [[Ommal Rmelan]] (Rmelan Labours) football club. They participate in the 3rd division of the Syrian Football League and play their home games at the Rmelan Municipal Stadium.

The population of the town is of mixed Arab, Kurd and Assyrian ethnicities. However, Rmelan is also home to a large number of workers resettled from other Syrian regions.

==References==
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[[Category:Assyrian settlements]]
[[Category:Cities in Syria]]
[[Category:Populated places in al-Malikiyah District]]

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Spetsnaz1991 at 04:08, 15 July 2014