Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate

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This article is about the town in al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria. For other towns with the same name, see Al-Qahtaniyah.
Al-Qahtaniyah
القحطانية
Tirbespî • ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ
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Country  Syria
Governorate al-Hasakah
District al-Qamishli
Subdistrict al-Qahtaniyah
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Population (2004)[1] 16,946
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Geocode C4751
Website {{#property:P856}}

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] As a preliminary result of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Al-Qahtaniyah today is situated within the autonomous Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava.

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

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