Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict
ناحية الجرنية | |
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Subdistrict (Nahiyah) | |
 Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict within Raqqa Governorate | |
  Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°09′34″N 38°14′13″E / 36.159560°N 38.236989°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Raqqa Governorate |
| District | Al-Thawrah District |
| Elevation | 371 m (1,217 ft) |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 31,786 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية الجرنية, romanized: nahiyah al-Jarniyah) is a subdistrict of Al-Thawrah District in Raqqa Governorate (Syria), approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Raqqa. The subdistrict population at the 2004 census was 31,786.[1]
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict is bounded by Lake Assad to the West and South, Ayn al-Arab District of Aleppo Governorate to the North, and Raqqa District also of Raqqa Governorate to the East.
The administrative centre Al-Jarniyah and much of the subdistrict are currently controlled by SDF, following three years of control by ISIS and other rebel groups.[2]
Towns and villages
[edit]The towns and villages in Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict and their populations as at the 2004 census were:[3]
- Abu Sakhra (أبو صخرة), 730
- Abu Shamat - Abul Kalat (أبو الشامات_أبو الكالات), 525
- Ajajiyeh (العجاجية), 284
- Badiat Elshoaa (بادية الشوعة), 207
- Bir Elatshaneh (بئر العطشانة), 251[4]
- Bir Elkhozam (بئر الخزام), 391[4]
- Bir Haj Khalif (بئر حاج خليف), 94
- Bir Shallal (بئر شلال), 921
- Bisrawi (بصراوي), 351[4]
- Dahweh (ضحوة), 122
- Dukhan (دخان), 415
- Eastern Jaabar (جعبر شرقي), 1180
- Falah Rabu (فلاح ربو), 2638
- Hamra (الحمرة), 408
- Hazzum (حزوم), 275[4]
- Hurriyeh (الحرية), 810
- Hweijet Halawa (حويجة حلاوة), 1651
- Jeiber (جعيبر), aka Jabar, 277
- Jurneyyeh (الجرنية), 2686
- Kanu (الكنو), 191
- Karawan (الكروان), 600
- Khatuniya Eljerniyah (خاتونية الجرنية), 1852
- Mahmudli (Arabic: المحمودلي, Kurdish: Mahmûdiyê), 2713
- Mjeibnet Elamya (مجيبنة العمياء), 859
- Msheirfet Eljerniyeh (المشيرفة الجرنية), 434[4]
- Mweileh (المويلح), 231[4]
- Nafileh (النفيلة), 554
- Rajm Elhamam (رجم الحمام), 93
- Ramleh (الرملة), 1395
- Safra الصفرة 184[4]
- Sanjar (سنجار), 92
- Shahid Ellah (شهيد الله), 592
- Shams Eldin (شمس الدين), 2213
- Tal Othman (تل عثمان), 2024
- Tawi (طاوي), 1180
- Thaheriya (الظاهرية), 424
- Thlath Khrab (ثلاث خراب), 291
- Wasta (الواسطة), 396
- Western Jaabar (جعبر غربي), 833
- Zarijiyet Shams Eldin (زريجية شمس الدين), 171
- Al-Bahtah (الباهتة), 63
- Al-Rahrahah (الرحراحة), 408
- Al-Sakhni (السخني), 112
- Al-Turkah (الطركة), 822
- Mazyuneh (المزيونة), 333[4]
- Shabhar (شبهر), 129
Notable places
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- The castle of Qal'at Ja'bar, previously overlooking the Euphrates, but now an island in Lake Assad, lies close to Western Jaabar in the south of the subdistrict.
Syrian civil war
[edit]By March 2013 Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict, with the rest of Raqqa countryside, had fallen into rebel hands.[5]
During December 2016 the Syrian Democratic Forces drove ISIS out of most Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict. With the help of US special forces, Bir Shallal and nearby villages in the north-east of the nahiyah were taken over in mid December,[6] soon followed by a corridor stretching to Wasta on Lake Assad which cut off the west of the nahiyah which was subsequently taken over.[7] The largest town of the area, Mahmudli in the south west of the nahiyah, was taken over by the SDF at the start of 2017.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "ISIS - ISIL map". Liveuamap. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Syrian census 2004". HumanitarianResponse.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "ls_pop_v1_150819.xlsx". Whole of Syria Education Focul Point. UNICEF. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Adnan, Duraid; Gladstone, Rick (4 March 2013). "Syrian Soldiers Killed in Iraq, as War Grows". The New York Times.
- ^ "Syrian Democratic Forces capture new areas amidst ISIS retreat". ARA News. 18 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Syrian Democratic Forces reach Euphrates, besiege ISIS-held area". al-Masdar News. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ J.O. "Wrath of Euphrates advances 6 km towards Til Samin". Hawar News Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
