Al-Hawl

al-Hawl
ٱلْهَوْل
Town
al-Hawl is located in Syria
al-Hawl
al-Hawl
Location of al-Hawl in Syria
Coordinates: 36°23′29″N 41°09′05″E / 36.3914°N 41.1514°E / 36.3914; 41.1514
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Hasakah
Subdistrictal-Hawl
ControlAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation
452 m (1,483 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
3,409
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4519

Al-Hawl (Arabic: ٱلْهَوْل, romanizedal-Hawl, lit.'"swampland"'), also spelled al-Hole, al-Hol, al-Hool and al-Houl, is a town in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, under control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. It is the administrative center of the Al-Hawl Subdistrict consisting of 22 municipalities. At the 2004 census, the town had a population of 3,409.[1] Al-Hawl is the site of the Al-Hawl refugee camp.

During the civil war, al-Hawl was seized by Islamic State forces, becoming one of the major IS strongholds in northeastern Syria. On 13 November 2015, al-Hawl was captured by the SDF, in what was considered as the first strategic success by the newly established SDF.[2]

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Hawl" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Master. "The Syrian Democratic Forces seize the town of al- Hol in the eastern countryside of al- Hasakah". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.