Al-Hawl Subdistrict

Al-Hawl Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية الهول) is a subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administrative centre is the town of al-Hawl.

Al-Hawl Subdistrict
ناحية الهول
Subdistrict
Location of Al-Hawl Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hawl Subdistrict
Location in Syria
Coordinates (al-Hawl): 36.3872°N 41.1328°E / 36.3872; 41.1328
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictAl-Hasakah District
Seatal-Hawl
Area
  Total1,271.92 km2 (491.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
14,804
GeocodeSY080006

The subdistrict is located east of al-Hasakah. It borders to the Khabur Basin to the west, and the Sinjar mountains just across the Iraqi border to the east.

At the 2004 census, it had a population of 58,916.

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