Al-Qahtaniyah

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Al-Qahtaniyah (Kurdish: Tirbespiyê; Turkish: Kahtaniye; Syriac: ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ Qore Khworih), formerly Qubur al-Bid, is a town in northeastern Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of Nahiya al-Qahtaniyah, which consists of 103 localities.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the town had a population of 16,946 in the 2004 census. The majority of the towns inhabitants are Kurds, followed by a large Arab minority and a smaller Assyrian minority. Both ethnic groups have lived there since the establishment of the city in late 1920's. At this time the counsellor or general secretary of the Jazire area was located in Amuda. The town's Arabic name Al-Qahtaniya was adopted in 1962 as a more optimistic name than its old name (Qbor el-Bid) which means "White graves".

During the Syrian Civil War, the YPG took control over the town.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qahtaniyah,_al-Hasakah_Governorate
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Coordinates:   37°1'47"N   41°32'46"E

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