Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah

Al-Qahtaniyah (Arabic: ٱلْقَحْطَانِيَّة, romanized: al-Qaḥṭānīyah; Kurdish: Tirbespî; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ, romanized: Qabre Ḥewore), formerly Qubur al-Bid, is a town in northeastern Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of al-Qahtaniyah Subdistrict, which consists of 103 localities. Historically an Assyrian city, at the 2004 census, it had a population of 16,946.

Al-Qahtaniyah
ٱلْقَحْطَانِيَّة
Tirbespî
ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ
Town
Al-Qahtaniyah
Location of Al-Qahtaniyah in Syria
Coordinates: 37.035375°N 41.623917°E / 37.035375; 41.623917
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictQamishli
Subdistrictal-Qahtaniyah
Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation
405 m (1,329 ft)
Population
 (2004)
16,946
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4751
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