Tell Abyad District Explained

Tell Abyad District
Native Name:منطقة تل أبيض
Native Name Lang:ar
Type:District
Mapsize:250x250px
Map Alt:Tell Abyad District in Syria
Coor Pinpoint:Tell Abyad
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Raqqa
Subdivision Type2:District
Parts Type:Subdistricts
Parts Style:para
P1:3 nawāḥī
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Tell Abyad
Elevation Point:Tell Abyad
Population:129714
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2004
Population Footnotes:[1]
Area Code Type:Area code
Geocode:SY1102

Tell Abyad District (Arabic: منطقة تل أبيض|Manṭiqat Tall Abyaḍ; Kurdish: Devera Girê Spî) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tell Abyad. Parts of the district are currently under the Turkish occupation of northern Syria.[2]

Demographics

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 129,714. The majority of inhabitants are Arabs,[3] with considerable Kurdish[4] [5] and Turkmen minorities. All three groups are overwhelmingly Sunni. The western part of the district is mainly inhabited by Kurds, the Turkmens are mainly concentrated in Suluk and southwest of the town[6] and the rest of the district is almost all Arab.

Subdistricts

The district of Tell Abyad is divided into three subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

Archaeology

In the valley of the Balikh River, there exists an archaeological site called Tell Sabi Abyad.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . . ar . 15 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208115353/http://www.cbssyr.sy/General%20census/census%202004/pop-man.pdf . 8 December 2015 . Also available in English: Web site: 2004 Census Data . . 15 October 2015 .
  2. Web site: 2021-11-10. Turkey provokes our forces in Tel Abyad and Ras al-Ain: SDF. 2021-12-28. North Press Agency. en-US.
  3. Web site: Arab Tribes Split Between Kurds And Jihadists. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 2015 . 26 June 2015 .
  4. Web site: Kurds eye new corridor to Mediterranean. Al-Monitor.
  5. Web site: US Expresses Concerns About PYD Human Rights. BasNews. 26 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Pre civil war ethno-religious map of Ar Raqqah goverornate - uMap. umap.openstreetmap.fr. 2017-06-14.
  7. Web site: Tal Abyad nahiyah population . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728023734/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB11-5-2004.htm . 2012-07-28 .
  8. Web site: Suluk nahiyah population . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728023739/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB11-6-2004.htm . 2012-07-28 .
  9. Web site: Ayn Issa nahiyah population . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728023820/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB11-7-2004.htm . 2012-07-28 .
  10. Web site: Akkermans. P. M. M. G.. Archeology. Faculty of. 1989. Excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad – Prehistoric Investigations in the Balikh Valley, Northern Syria. 2020-08-04. International Series 468, (1989). en-US.

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