Al-Hasakah District
# Al-Hasakah District

Al-Hasakah District (Arabic: منطقة الحسكة, romanized: manṭiqat al-Ḥasaka) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre for the district is the city of al-Hasakah. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 480,394.

## Demographics

In 1939, French mandate authorities reported the following population numbers for the different ethnic and religious groups in al-Hasakah area.

| District | Arab | Kurd | Christian | Armenian | Assyrian |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City centre | 7133 | 360 | 5700 | 500 | |
| Tel Tamer | | | | | 8767 |
| Ras al-Ayn | 2283 | 1025 | 2263 | | |
| Shaddadi | 2610 | | 6 | | |
| Tel Brak | 4509 | 905 | | 200 | |

## Subdistricts

The district of al-Hasakah is divided into seven subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

