Jazira Region
The Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton, (Kurdish: Herêma Cizîrê, Arabic: إقليم الجزيرة, Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, romanized: Ponyotho d'Gozarto), is the largest of the three original regions of the de facto Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). As part of the ongoing Rojava conflict, its democratic autonomy was officially declared on 21 January 2014. The region is in the Al-Hasakah Governorate (formerly known as the Al-Jazira Province) of Syria.
Jazira Region
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One of seven de facto regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria | |
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The regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Jazira Region in green. | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Al Hasakah |
| De facto Administration | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Autonomy declared | January 21, 2014 |
| Administrative center | Qamishli |
| Government | |
| • Prime Minister | Akram Hesso |
| • Co-Vice President | Elizabeth Gawrie |
| • Co-Vice President | Hussein Taza Al Azam |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2011) | 1,512,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | +963 52 |
| Official languages | Kurdish, Arabic and Syriac |
According to the AANES constitution, the city of Qamishli is the administrative center of Jazira Region. However, as parts of Qamishli remain under the control of Syrian government forces, meetings of the autonomous region's administration take place in the nearby city of Amuda.
The region has two subordinate cantons, the Hasakah canton consisting of the al-Hasakah area (with the Al-Shaddadi, Al-Arisha and Al-Hawl districts subordinate to it), the Al-Darbasiyah area, and the Tell Tamer area, as well as the Qamishli canton consisting of the Qamishli area (with the Amûda, Tirbê Sipî, Tel Hemîs and Tel Berak districts subordinate to it) and the Derîk area (with the Girkê Legê, Tel Koçer and Çilaxa districts subordinate to it).