Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate
| Al-Qahtaniyah القحطانية Tirbespî • ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ | |
|---|---|
  Al-Qahtaniyah Location of Al-Qahtaniyah in Syria | |
| Coordinates: SY 37°02′07″N 41°37′26″E / 37.035375°N 41.623917°ECoordinates: SY 37°02′07″N 41°37′26″E / 37.035375°N 41.623917°E | |
| Country |
 Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Qamishli |
| Subdistrict | al-Qahtaniyah |
| Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | 16,946 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Geocode | C4751 |
Al-Qahtaniyah (Arabic: القحطانية; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ Qabre Khworeh; Kurdish: Tirbespî), formerly Qubour al-Bid, is a city in northeastern Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of Nahiya al-Qahtaniyah, which consists of 103 localities. Historically an Assyrian city, at the 2004 census, it had a population of 16,946.[1] The village is one of the few in northern Syria to be majority-Shi'a.[2] As a preliminary result of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Al-Qahtaniyah today is situated within the autonomous Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava.
Etymology
The former name of the town, "Qubour al-Bid", is derived from the Arabic and Syriac-Aramaic words "Qubour/Qabre", both meaning "graves", and "al-Bid/Khworeh", 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.[3]
As of 2004, Al-Qahtaniyah is the sixth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate.
In late July 2012, during the Syrian Civil War, the YPG took control over the town.[4]
Demographics
In 2004 the population was 16,946.
Notable people
- Tuma Gawriye Nahroyo, Assyrian poet and author (1936-2002).
References
- 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Qahtaniyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38401&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=515&no_cache=1#.VoL1hBWLTIU
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Tyrkisk avis: Kurdistan nr. 2 bliver dannet". Jiyan (in Danish). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
