The Al Hasakah Govrenorate (Arabic: مُحافظة الحسكة, Siriac: Gozarto) is a govrenorate in the far north-east corner o Sirie that haes the Euphrates river runnin through it. It is distinguisht bi its fertile lands, plentiful water, picturesque natur, an mair nor ane hunder airchaeological steids.
Destricts
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The govrenorate haes 4 destricts (Mintaqa's):
These are further dividit intae ? sub-destricts (nawahi).
Demographics an population
The inhabitants o Al Hasakah are composed frae different ethnic an cultural groups mainly Arabs, Assirians/Siriacs, Kurds, Armenians, an ithers.[1][2] The population o the govrenorate wis estimatit in 2007 tae be 1,377,000.
Notable ceeties in the govrenorate an their estimatit population as in 2006 are:[3]
Airchaeology
The maist prominent airchaeological steids are:
- Hamoukar: considered bi some airchaeologists tae be the auldest ceety in the warld
- Tell Halaf: Excavations hae revealed successive ceevilization levels an bonnie basalt sculptures.
- Tell Brak: Situatit haufway atween al-Hasakah ceety an the frontier toun o al-Qamishli. Excavations in the tell hae revealed the Uyun Temple an King Naram-Sin palace-stranghauld.
- Tell el Fakhariya
- Tell Hittin: 15 layers o occupation hae been identified.
- Tell Leilan: Excavations began in 1975 an hae revealed mony airtifacts an biggins datin back tae the 6t millennium BCE such as a bazaar, temple, palace, etc.
It is weel kent that the Khabur River, which flows through al-Hasakah for 440 km, witnessed the birth o the some o the earliest ceevilizations in the warld.
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