Tell Abyad District (Arabic: منطقة تل أبيض, romanized: Manṭiqat 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.[2]
Tell Abyad District
منطقة تل أبيض | |
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District | |
![]() Location of Tell Abyad District within Raqqa Governorate | |
![]() ![]() Tell Abyad District Location in Syria | |
Coordinates (Tell Abyad): 36.6975°N 38.9567°E / 36.6975; 38.9567 | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Raqqa |
Seat | Tell Abyad |
Subdistricts | 3 nawāḥī |
Area | |
• Total | 4,834.02 km2 (1,866.43 sq mi) |
Population (2004)[1] | 129,714 |
Geocode | SY1102 |
At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 129,714.[1] The majority of inhabitants are Arabs,[3] with considerable Kurdish[4][5] 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[6] and the rest of the district is almost all Arab.
The district of Tell Abyad is divided into three subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):
In the valley of the Balikh River, there exists an archaeological site called Tell Sabi Abyad.[10]
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