Al-Muabbada

Town in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria

Town in al-Hasakah, Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

Girkê Legê المعبدة Girkê Legê
Town
Al-Ma'bada
37°0′59″N 41°57′16″E / 37.01639°N 41.95444°E / 37.01639; 41.95444
Country	Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	Dêrik
Subdistrict	Girkê Legê
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population (2004 census)^[1]
• Total	15,759
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

Girkê Legê (Arabic: المعبدة) is a town in Cizire Province (Hassake), Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Girkê Legê had a population of 15,759 in the 2004 census.^[1] According to the Kurdish news agency "Rudaw", the Ba'athist Party under President Hafez al-Assad changed the name of the town to Girkê Legê.^[2] The town is 35 kilometres from the Iraqi border and 15 kilometres from the Turkish border.^[3] As of 2004, Girkê Legê is the eighth largest town in Cizire Province . The majority of the inhabitants of the town are Kurds with a large Assyrian minority.^[4]

Syrian Civil War

On 24 July 2012, the PYD announced that Syrian security forces withdrew from Al-Muabbada. The YPG forces afterwards took control of all government institutions^[2] and the town came fully under the PYD's control.^[3]

On 27 September 2022, 2 SDF fighters were killed in a Turkish drone strike on their car in the town.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ ^a ^b "Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria". Rudaw. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Syrian Crisis Brings a Blessing for Kurds". Inter Press Service. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ "Jİ SEDÎ 61 NİŞTECİHÊN KANTONA CİZÎRÊ KURDİN | Kürdistan Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi | Lekolin.org". Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
^ "Turkish drone strike in northern Syria". GeoPolitical.report. 27 September 2022.

Al-Hasakah Governorate

Capital: Al-Hasakah

Al-Hasakah District
Al-Hasakah Abu Hajirat Khuatana Abu Tinah al-Alwa al-Arishah Bir al-Helou Bureij Sharqi Dashishah Gharbiyah al-Fadghami al-Fakkah Markada Ghabshah al-Ghariri al-Haddadiyah al-Hajiyah al-Hawl Al-Kharitah Khatuniyah Markada Markada Sharqiyah Qaber Shamiyah al-Sabaa wa Arbain al-Saadah Safia al-Shaddadeh al-Shaykh Hamad Sumayhan Gharbi Tell Arboush Tell Balouaah Tell Baz Tell Beydar Tell Brak Tell Bureij Tell Damshij Tell Fuweidat Jazira Tell Goran Tell Hefyan Tell Hermez Tell Jazira Tell Jedaya Tell Jemaah Tell Kifji Tell Maghas Tell Majdal Tell Makhadah Tell Massas Tell Nasri Tell Ruman Tell Safouk Tell Sakra Tell Shamah Tell Shamiram Tell Tal Tell Talaah Tell Tamer Tell Tawil Tell Tawil Gharbi al-Tweinah Umm Ghargan Umm al-Keif Umm Madfaa

Al-Hasakah District