Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict

Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict
ناحية مركز رأس العين
Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict in Syria
Location of Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict within al-Hasakah Governorate
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictRas al-Ayn District
SeatRas al-Ayn
Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
 Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Area
 • Total
2,832.02 km2 (1,093.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
121,536
GeocodeSY080400

Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز رأس العين) is a subdistrict of Ras al-Ayn District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Ras al-Ayn. In 1907, Mark Sykes mentioned a nomadic Kurdish tribe called the Sartan living near Ras al-Ayn.[2]

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 121,536.[1]

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Ras al-Ayn" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ Sykes, Mark (1908). "The Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38: 471. doi:10.2307/2843309. ISSN 0307-3114.