Al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hasakah Governorate
محافظة الحسكة Parêzgeha Hesekê | |
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Map of Syria with Al-Hasakah Governorate highlighted | |
Interactive map of Al-Hasakah Governorate | |
| Coordinates (Hasakah): 36°30′N 40°54′E / 36.5°N 40.9°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Capital | Al-Hasakah |
| Districts | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Noureddin Issa Ahmed |
| Area | |
• Total | 23,334 km2 (9,009 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,512,000 |
| • Density | 64.80/km2 (167.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SY-HA |
| Main language(s) | Arabic, Kurdish, Neo-Aramaic languages, Armenian |
| Ethnicities | Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians & Yazidis |
Al-Hasakah Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الحسكة, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah), officially known as Hasakah Governorate (Kurdish: Parêzgeha Hesekê; Classical Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, romanized: Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, and also known as ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is located in the far north-east corner of Syria and distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water, natural environment, and more than one hundred archaeological sites. It was formerly known as Al-Jazira Province. Prior to the Syrian civil war nearly half of Syria's oil was extracted from the region. It is the lower part of Upper Mesopotamia.
Most of the territory is controlled by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), which as part of the ongoing Rojava conflict, on 21 January 2014 declared democratic autonomy on the area of Al-Hasakah Governorate as the Jazira Region, the largest of the three original regions of DAANES.