Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate

Al-Qahtaniyah القحطانية Tirbespî • ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ
City
Al-Qahtaniyah Location of Al-Qahtaniyah in Syria
Coordinates: 37°01′39″N 41°37′49″E / 37.0275°N 41.6303°E / 37.0275; 41.6303Coordinates: 37°01′39″N 41°37′49″E / 37.0275°N 41.6303°E / 37.0275; 41.6303
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Qamishli
Subdistrict	al-Qahtaniyah
Elevation	405 m (1,329 ft)
Population (2004)[1]	16,946
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Geocode	C4751

Al-Qahtaniyah (Arabic: القحطانية‎; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ Qabre Khworeh‎; Kurdish: Tirbespî‎), formerly Qubour al-Bid, is a city in northeastern Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of Nahiya al-Qahtaniyah, which consists of 103 localities.

Historically an Assyrian city, at the 2004 census, it had a population of 16,946.^[1] The village is one of the few in northern Syria to be majority-Shi'a.^[2]

Etymology

The former name of the town, "Qubour al-Bid", is derived from the Arabic and Syriac-Aramaic words "Qubour/Qabre", both meaning "graves", and "al-Bid/Khworeh", both meaning "white". The name of the town therefore means "White graves". Al-Qahtaniyah's current name was adopted in 1962 as a more optimistic name than its old name.

History

On 13 March 2004, during the 2004 Al-Qamishli riots where 40 Kurds were killed, the population of Al-Qahtaniyah protested at the funerals of the killed. Protesters were shot at and injured in the town.^[3]

As of 2004, Al-Qahtaniyah is the sixth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate.

In late July 2012, during the Syrian Civil War, the YPG took control over the town.^[4]

Demographics

In 2004 the population was 16,946.

Notable people

• Tuma Gawriye Nahroyo, Assyrian poet and author (1936-2002).

References

Al-Hasakah Governorate Capital: Al-Hasakah   Al-Hasakah District Al-Hasakah Abu Hajirat Khuatana Abu Tinah al-Alwa al-Arishah Bir al-Helou Bureij Sharqi Dashishah Gharbiyah al-Fadghami al-Fakkah Markada Ghabshah al-Ghariri al-Haddadiyah al-Hajiyah al-Hawl Al-Kharitah Khatuniyah Markada Markada Sharqiyah Qaber Shamiyah al-Sabaa wa Arbain al-Saadah Safia al-Shaddadeh al-Shaykh Hamad Sumayhan Gharbi Tell Arboush Tell Balouaah Tell Baz Tell Brak Tell Bureij Tell Damshij Tell Fuweidat Jazira Tell Goran Tell Hefyan Tell Hermez Tell Jazira Tell Jedaya Tell Jemaah Tell Kifji Tell Maghas Tell Majdal Tell Makhadah Tell Massas Tell Nasri Tell Ruman Tell Safouk Tell Sakra Tell Shamah Tell Shamiram Tell Tal Tell Talaah Tell Tamer Tell Tawil Tell Tawil Gharbi al-Tweinah Umm Ghargan Umm al-Keif Umm Madfaa   Al-Qamishli District Al-Qamishli Amuda Jimaayah al-Manathirah al-Qahtaniyah al-Tannuriyah Tell Hamis Tell Maaruf Umm al-Fursan   Al-Malikiyah District Al-Malikiyah al-Jawadiyah al-Muabbada Maashuq Sabaa Jafar Suwaydiyah Fawqani al-Tabaqah Tell Adas al-Yaarubiyah   Ras al-Ayn District Ras al-Ayn Abu Rasin al-Darbasiyah al-Lid Dirbasiyah Mabrouka al-Manajir Tell Halaf Tell Sinan Sharqi Umm al-Dibs Dirbasiyah