al-Qahtaniyah (al-Hasakah)
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القحطانية / al-Qaḥṭāniyya ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ Tirbespî al-Qahtaniyya |
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 2 ' N , 41 ° 38' E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
| al-Hasakah | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | SY-HA | ||
| Residents | 16,946 (2004) | ||
Al-Qahtaniyya , until 1962 Qbor el-Bid ( Arabic القحطانية, DMG al-Qaḥṭāniyya ; Syriac-Aramaic ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ Qabre Hewore ; Kurdish Tirbespî ) is an originally Assyrian city in the governorate of al-Hasakah in Syria . Their name was derived from the Aramaic words “Qoreh” (“graves”) and “khworih” (“white”) - together thus “white graves”. The Kurdish name (Tirbe spî) has the same meaning. According to the official Syrian census, al-Qahtaniyah had a population of 16,946 in 2004.
The majority of the population consists of Kurds , but there are also a relevant number of Assyrians / Arameans . Both ethnic groups have lived here since the city was founded in the late 1920s. Al-Qahtaniyya's current name was adopted in 1962 as a more optimistic alternative to the old name Qbor el-Bid / "White Tombs".
On March 13, 2004, during the Qamishli riots , when 40 Kurds were killed, the people of al-Qahtaniyah also protested. Some protesters were injured or killed.
During the Syrian Civil War , the Kurdish People's Defense Units (PYD) took control of the city.
The Assyrian poet and author Tuma Gawriye Nahroyo (1936–2002) comes from al-Qahtaniyya.
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Al-Hasakah Governorate.
- ^ Report by the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Theo van Boven Syrian Arab Republic. Retrieved November 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Tyrkisk avis: Kurdistan no. 2 bliver dannet. (No longer available online.) In: Jiyan. July 22, 2012, archived from the original on July 28, 2013 ; Retrieved November 17, 2012 (Danish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
