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Tell Abyad District

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Tell Abyad District (Template:Lang-ar; Template:Lang-ku) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Tell Abyad.

Demographics

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 129,714.[1] The majority of inhabitants are Sunni Arabs,[2] with considerable Sunni Kurdish[3][4] and Sunni Turkmen minorities.The western part of the district is mainly inhabited by Kurds, the Turkmens are mainly concentrated south west of Suluk and the town itself[5] and the rest of the district is almost all Arabs.

Subdistricts

The district of Tell Abyad is divided into three subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

References

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference census2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Arab Tribes Split Between Kurds And Jihadists". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Kurds eye new corridor to Mediterranean". Al-Monitor.
  4. ^ "US Expresses Concerns About PYD Human Rights". BasNews. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Pre civil war ethno-religious map of Ar Raqqah goverornate - uMap". umap.openstreetmap.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  6. ^ "Tal Abyad nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Suluk nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Ayn Issa nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Subdistricts of Tell Abyad District
The administrative center of Tell Abyad District and Tell Abyad Subdistrict shown above is the city of Tell Abyad.
The administrative center of Suluk Subdistrict shown above is the city of Suluk.
The administrative center of Ayn Issa Subdistrict shown above is the city of Ayn Isa.
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