Al-Yaarubiyah
Al-Yaarubiyah (Arabic: ٱلْيَعْرُبِيَّة, romanized: al-Yaʿrubīyah; Kurdish: تلکۆچەر, romanized: Til Koçer) is a town in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yaarubiyah had a population of 6,066 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 62 localities with a combined population of 39,459 in 2004.
Al-Yaarubiyah
ٱلْيَعْرُبِيَّة | |
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Town | |
Al-Yaarubiyah | |
| Coordinates: 36°48′42″N 42°3′59″E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Malikiyah |
| Subdistrict | al-Yaarubiyah |
| Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 6,066 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Its population are mostly Sunni Muslim Arabs of the Shammar tribe. In the course of the civil war, the town initially came under the control of jihadist rebels, including the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State, but was later captured by the Kurdish YPG, bringing it into the AANES.
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