Jazira Region

This article is about the de facto autonomous region. For the historical region, see Upper Mesopotamia. For the former Syrian province, see Al-Jazira Province.
Jazira Region
One of seven de facto regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
The regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Jazira Region in green.
The regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Jazira Region in green.
Country Syria
GovernorateAl Hasakah
De facto Administration Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Autonomy declaredJanuary 21, 2014 (2014-01-21)
Administrative centerQamishli[1]
Government
 • Prime MinisterAkram Hesso
 • Co-Vice PresidentElizabeth Gawrie
 • Co-Vice PresidentHussein Taza Al Azam
Population
 • Estimate 
(2011[2])
1,512,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+963 52
Official languagesKurdish, Arabic and Syriac
Map of Rojava cantons in February 2014

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.[3] The region is in the Al-Hasakah Governorate (formerly known as the Al-Jazira Province) of Syria.

According to the AANES constitution, the city of Qamishli is the administrative center of Jazira Region.[4] 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.[3]

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).[5]

  1. ^ Abboud 2018, Table 4.1 Cantons of the Rojava Administration.
  2. ^ "Welcome to nginx". cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Al-Qamishli to be capital city of Jazeera Canton in Syrian Kurdistan". Firat News. 26 January 2014.
  4. ^ "The Constitution of the Rojava Cantons". Personal Website of Mutlu Civiroglu. 28 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Cizîre region's administrative division | ANHA". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2017-11-27.