Al-Darbasiyah (Vorlage:Lang-ar, Vorlage:Lang-ku) is a Syrian town on the Syrian-Turkish border opposite the Turkish town of Senyurt. Administratively it is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Darbasiyah had a population of 8,551 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 113 localities with a combined population of 55,614 in 2004.[1] The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Kurds.
It is connected by road to Tell Beydar in the south.
Since July 2012, the town has been under Kurdish control.[2]
References
Vorlage:Al-Hasakah Governorate
- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. Vorlage:Ar icon
- ↑ Kurdish Syria: From cultural to armed revolution. In: 28 July 2012. Egypt Independent