Tell Abyad District

Tell Abyad District
منطقة تل أبيض
District

Map of Tell Abyad District within ar-Raqqah Governorate
Coordinates (Tell Abyad): 36°41′51″N 38°57′24″E / 36.6975°N 38.9567°E / 36.6975; 38.9567Coordinates: 36°41′51″N 38°57′24″E / 36.6975°N 38.9567°E / 36.6975; 38.9567
Country  Syria
Governorate ar-Raqqah
Seat Tell Abyad
Subdistricts 3 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total 4,834.02 km2 (1,866.43 sq mi)
Population (2004)[1]
 • Total 129,714
 • Density 27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Geocode SY1102

Tell Abyad District (Arabic: منطقة تل أبيض‎, translit. manṭiqat Tall Abyaḍ; Kurdish: Devera Girê Spî‎) is a district of the ar-Raqqah Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Tell Abyad.

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 129,714.[1] The majority of inhabitants are Sunni Arabs,[2] with a considerable Kurdish minority.[3][4] According to a Turkish writer, Kurds constitute 40-45% of the population;[3] however, a Turkish authority estimated that Arabs and Turkmen constitute 98% of the population in the Tell Abyad area.[4]

Sub-districts

The district of Tell Abyad is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Arab Tribes Split Between Kurds And Jihadists". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Kurds eye new corridor to Mediterranean". Al-Monitor.
  4. 1 2 "US Expresses Concerns About PYD Human Rights". BasNews. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tal Abyad nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  6. ↑ "Suluk nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Ayn Issa nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
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