Al Hasakah Governorate
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Al-Hasakah Governorate محافظة الحسكة |
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.svg) Map of Syria with Al Hasakah highlighted |
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| Coordinates (Al-Hasakah): 36°30′N 40°54′E / 36.5°N 40.9°ECoordinates: 36°30′N 40°54′E / 36.5°N 40.9°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Capital | Al-Hasakah |
| Manatiq (Districts) | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Major General Jaiz Swadet al-Hamoud al-Musa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,334 km2 (9,009 sq mi) |
| Population (31/12/2011) | |
| • Total | 1,512,000 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| ISO 3166 code | SY-HA |
| Main language(s) | Arabic, Kurdish, Syriac, Armenian |
| Ethnicities | Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians, Armenians & Yazidis |
Al-Hasakah Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الحسكة, translit. Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Hesîçe, Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, translit. Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as Syriac: ܓܙܪܬܐ, translit. Gozarto) is a governorate in the far north-east corner of Syria. It is distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water, picturesque nature, and more than one hundred archaeological sites. It was formerly known as Al-Jazira province. Prior to the Syrian Civil War nearly half of Syria's oil was extracted from the region.
Three soldiers were killed by armed militants in Al-Hasakah in an ambush during the Syrian Civil War on 24 March 2012. About a year later, Kurdish forces launched the 2013 Al-Hasakah offensive.
After the battle of al-Hasakah in August 2016 between Kurds and the Bashar al-Assad regime, the area was mostly in Kurdish control.
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