Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict

Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز رأس العين) is a subdistrict of Ras al-Ayn District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Ras al-Ayn. In 1907, Mark Sykes mentioned a nomadic Kurdish tribe called the Sartan living near Ras al-Ayn.[2]

Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict
ناحية مركز رأس العين
Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict in Syria
Location of Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictRas al-Ayn District, Al-Hasakah Governorate
SeatRas al-Ayn
Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
 Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Area
  Total2,832.02 km2 (1,093.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
121,536
GeocodeSY080400

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 121,536.[1]

Cities, towns and villages

Cities, towns and villages of Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict
PCodeNamePopulation
C4988Ras al-Ayn29,347
C5017al-Manajir12,156
C5027Mabrouka6,325
C5021Qattinah4,736
C5005Tell Abu Ra'sayn4,390
C5002Tell Halaf4,274
Tell Safah3,578
C4992al-Amirit3,182
C5025Masjid2,944
C5013Tell Sinan Sharqi2,272
Muthanna2,183
Jan Tamur Sharqi2,176
Barqa1,901
C4989Al-Safh Ras al-Ayn1,854
C5011Tell al-Ward Gharbi1,757
C5009Assadiya1,674
Tell al-Arqum1,430
C5020Arada Kabira1,415
C5019Arshet Ras al-Ayn1,327
C5007Rawya1,316
C5023Modan1,236
Bistan1,187
C5000Abu Jarada Kabir1,180
C4987Kabsh1,179
C4997Ahras1,092
C5015Tal Elamir1,011
C4986Dahmaa1,009
Al-Alea al-Sharqiya995
Al-Mutanabi981
C4995Thamud978
C4984Siwan974
?941
?939
C5024Mjeibreh880
?870
C5018Salhiyeh Mala Khader866
C5003Rabiat Gharbi863
?860
C4994Um Harmala827
C4998Abu Shakhat792
C4990Tal Harmal763
C5006Um Elasafir725
C5022Kisreh716
C4993Zaydiyeh Ras El Ein663
C5016Dawoodiyeh634
Al-Alea al-Gharbia630
C4985Hakimeh601
C4999Dardara579
Kharma554
C5010Kherbet Hamid513
C4991Abdel Salam Gharbi469
C5012Tal Sheer Ras al-Ayn428
C4996Ajla425
C5014Shara417
?414
?348
Sukariyeh338
?332
C5026Mbarkiyeh322
?321
?309
C5001Tal Baydar Ras al-Ayn245
?228
?222
C5004Kherbet Jamu165
?140
?138

References

  1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Ras al-Ayn" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. Sykes, Mark (1908). "The Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38: 471. doi:10.2307/2843309. ISSN 0307-3114.


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