Al-Dirbasiyah

Al-Dirbasiyah
الدرباسية
Dirbêsiyê
Town
Al-Dirbasiyah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 37°4′22″N 40°39′7″E / 37.07278°N 40.65194°E / 37.07278; 40.65194
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictRas al-Ayn
Subdistrictal-Darbasiyah
Elevation
300 m (980 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total
8,551
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
Area code52

Al-Dirbasiyah (Arabic: ٱلدَّرْبَاسِيَّة, romanizedad-Dirbāsīyah, Kurmanji Kurdish: Dirbêsiyê) is a Syrian town on the Syria–Turkey border opposite the Turkish town of Şenyurt. Administratively it is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Dirbasiyah had a population of 8,551 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 113 localities with a combined population of 55,614 in 2004. The majority of the inhabitants of the town are Kurds while Arabs and Assyrian are a minority.

It is connected by road to Tell Beydar in the south.