Tell Abyad District

Tell Abyad District
منطقة تل أبيض
Tell Abyad District in Syria
Location of Tell Abyad District within Raqqa Governorate
Tell Abyad District is located in Syria
Tell Abyad District
Tell Abyad District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (Tell Abyad): 36°41′51″N 38°57′24″E / 36.6975°N 38.9567°E / 36.6975; 38.9567
Country Syria
GovernorateRaqqa
SeatTell Abyad
Subdistricts3 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total4,834.02 km2 (1,866.43 sq mi)
Population
(2004)
129,714
GeocodeSY1102

Tell Abyad District (Arabic: منطقة تل أبيض, romanizedManṭiqat Tall Abyaḍ; Kurdish: Devera Girê Spî) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tell Abyad. Parts of the district are currently under the Turkish occupation of northern Syria.

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 Issa.

Demographics

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 129,714. The majority of inhabitants are Arabs, with considerable Kurdish and Turkmen minorities. All three groups are overwhelmingly Sunni. The western part of the district is mainly inhabited by Kurds, the Turkmens are mainly concentrated in Suluk and southwest of the town and the rest of the district is almost all Arab.

Subdistricts

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

Archaeology

In the valley of the Balikh River, there exists an archaeological site called Tell Sabi Abyad.



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