title: Al-Hasakah District
text: # Al-Hasakah District
  
  Al-Hasakah District (Arabic: منطقة الحسكة, romanized: manṭiqat al-Ḥasaka) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre for the district is the city of al-Hasakah. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 480,394.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In 1939, French mandate authorities reported the following population numbers for the different ethnic and religious groups in al-Hasakah area.
  
  | District | Arab | Kurd | Christian | Armenian | Assyrian |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | City centre | 7133 | 360 | 5700 | 500 | |
  | Tel Tamer | | | | | 8767 |
  | Ras al-Ayn | 2283 | 1025 | 2263 | | |
  | Shaddadi | 2610 | | 6 | | |
  | Tel Brak | 4509 | 905 | | 200 | |
  
  ## Subdistricts
  
  The district of al-Hasakah is divided into seven subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):
  
  