Al-Malikiyah

Al-Malikiyah

ٱلْمَالِكِيَّة
دێرکا حەمکۆ
Al-Malikiyah ٱلْمَالِكِيَّة دێرکا حەمکۆ
City
	Al-Malikiyah
	Al-Malikiyah from the southwest
	Al-Malikiyah Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 37°10′N 42°08′E / 37.167°N 42.133°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Malikiyah
Subdistrict	al-Malikiyah
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation	500 m (1,640 ft)
Population (2004)
• Total	26,311
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code	052

Al-Malikiyah (Arabic: ٱلْمَالِكِيَّة, romanized: al-Mālikīyah;^[1] Kurdish: دێرکا حەمکۆ, romanized: Dêrika Hemko;^[2] Syriac: ܕܪܝܟ) also known as Derik, is a small Syrian city and the center of an administrative district belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. The district constitutes the northeastern corner of the country, and is where the Syrian Democratic Council convenes. The town is about 20 km (12 mi) west of the Tigris river which defines the triple border between Syria, Turkey and Iraq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Malikiyah had a population about 26,311 residents in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 108 localities with a combined population of 125,000. The population enjoys demographic and ethnic diversity that is characteristic of most of Al-Hasakah Governorate. The town is inhabited by Kurds, Assyrians, Arabs and Armenians.

^ "سوريا.. توتر بين موسكو وواشنطن في القامشلي". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "Li Dêrikê kurd, ereb û xirîstiyan bi hev re dijîn". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 2 March 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[1] "سوريا.. توتر بين موسكو وواشنطن في القامشلي". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[2] "Li Dêrikê kurd, ereb û xirîstiyan bi hev re dijîn". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 2 March 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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