Hasakah

Hasakah الحسكة Hesîçê/Hesekê ܚܣܝܟܐ
City
Assyrian church in Al-Hasakah
Hasakah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 36°30′42″N 40°44′32″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hasakah
District	Hasakah
Subdistrict	Hasakah
Elevation	300 m (980 ft)
Population
• Estimate  (2023)	422,445
Demonym(s)	Arabic: حسكاوي, romanized: Ḥaskāwi
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Area code	52
Geocode	C4360

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Hasakah is a city in northeastern Syria and the capital of the Hasakah Governorate. With a 2023 estimated population of 422,445, Hasakah is populated by Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians and Chechens. Hasakah is 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the city of Qamishli. The Khabur River, a tributary of the Euphrates River, flows west–east through the city. The Jaghjagh River flows into the Khabur from the north at Hasakah. The city (and the surrounding countryside) is controlled by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES). After Ayn Issa came under the control of the Syrian transitional government, Hasakah became the new capital of the DAANES.

It is characterized by its fertile lands, abundant water, beautiful nature, and numerous archaeological sites. It has also witnessed a major modern urban renaissance, and numerous agricultural and industrial projects have been established around it. Over the past two decades, it has suffered from the drying up of its main river, the Khabur, which has led to the loss of much of its agricultural land, forcing many of its people to migrate internally to the interior provinces, especially the capital of Syria, Damascus, and Daraa in the south, to work in industrial factories and on agricultural lands.