Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate

Al-Qahtaniyah (Arabic: القحطانية‎; Kurdish: Tirbespî‎ or Tirbê Spîyê; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ‎, romanized: Qabre Ḥewore),[2] formerly Qubur al-Bid, is a town in the east of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 16,946.[1]

Al-Qahtaniyah القحطانية 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
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	Qamishli
Subdistrict	al-Qahtaniyah
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation	405 m (1,329 ft)
Population  (2004)[1]	16,946
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C4751

History

On 13 March 2004, after the 2004 Qamishli riots when 40 Kurdish civilians were killed, residents of Al-Qahtaniyah who protested the killings were shot at and injured by Syrian government forces.[3]

As of 2004, Al-Qahtaniyah is the sixth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate.

In late July 2012, during the Syrian Civil War, the People's Protection Units (YPG) took control of the town.[4]

Notable people

• Tuma Gawriye Nahroyo, Assyrian poet and author (1936-2002).
• Sleman Henno, Assyrian author and priest of Syriac Orthodox Church (1918-2006).

References

1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Qahtaniyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
2. https://mesopotamia.coop/cities/tirbespiye/
3. "Report by the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Theo van Boven Syrian Arab Republic". Retrieved 17 November 2012.
4. "Tyrkisk avis: Kurdistan nr. 2 bliver dannet". Jiyan (in Danish). 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2012.