Al-Qahtaniyah
القحطانية Tirbespî • ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ | |
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Coordinates: 37°02′07″N 41°37′26″E / 37.035375°N 41.623917°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | al-Hasakah |
District | Qamishli |
Subdistrict | al-Qahtaniyah |
Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
Population (2004)[1] | 16,946 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geocode | C4751 |
Al-Qahtaniyah (Arabic: القحطانية; Kurdish: Tirbespî or Tirbê Spîyê; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ, romanized: Qabre Ḥewore),[2] formerly Qubur al-Bid, is a town in northeastern Syria. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 16,946.[1]
In 1927, the Kurdish tribal chief Hadjo Agha of the influential Havergan tribe immigrated from Turkey together with more than 600 families and settled in the town.[3] On 13 March 2004, after the 2004 Qamishli riots when 40 Kurdish civilians were killed, residents of Al-Qahtaniyah who protested the killings were shot at and injured by Syrian government forces.[4]
As of 2004, Al-Qahtaniyah is the sixth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate.
In late July 2012, during the Syrian Civil War, the People's Protection Units (YPG) took control of the town.[5]