Al-Hawl Subdistrict

Al-Hawl Subdistrict
ناحية الهول
Al-Hawl Subdistrict in Syria
Location of Al-Hawl Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hawl Subdistrict is located in Syria
Al-Hawl Subdistrict
Al-Hawl Subdistrict
Location in Syria
Coordinates (al-Hawl): 36°23′14″N 41°07′58″E / 36.3872°N 41.1328°E / 36.3872; 41.1328
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictAl-Hasakah District
Seatal-Hawl
Area
 • Total
1,271.92 km2 (491.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
14,804
GeocodeSY080006

Al-Hawl Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية الهول) is a subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administrative centre is the town of al-Hawl.

The subdistrict is located east of al-Hasakah. It borders to the Khabur Basin to the west, and the Sinjar mountains just across the Iraqi border to the east.

At the 2004 census, it had a population of 14,804.[1]

  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 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.