Al-Malikiyah District

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Dêrik District
منطقة المالكية
Herêma Dêrikê
al-Malikiyah District in Syria
Location of Dêrik District within al-Hasakah Governorate
Dêrik District is located in Syria
Dêrik District
Dêrik District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (Dêrik): 37°10′N 42°08′E / 37.17°N 42.13°E / 37.17; 42.13
Country Syria  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
SeatDêrik
Subdistricts3 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total2,652.74 km2 (1,024.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
191,994
GeocodeSY0803

Dêrik District (Arabic; منطقة ديريك, Kurdish; Herêma Dêrikê) is a district of Cizire Province (Hassake) in eastern Rojava, Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Dêrik


Dêrik is both the northernmost and easternmost district in Syria. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 191,994.[1]

Subdistricts[edit]

The district of al-Malikiyah is divided into three subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

Subdistricts of al-Malikiyah District
PCode Name Area Population Villages Seat
SY080300 al-Malikiyah Subdistrict 1,264.22 km2 112,000 108 al-Malikiyah
SY080301 al-Jawadiyah Subdistrict 383.44 km2 40,535 50 al-Jawadiyah
SY080302 al-Yaarubiyah Subdistrict 1,005.08 km2 39,459 62 al-Yaarubiyah

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.