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Looking north-east, Al-Malikiyah, capital of the district of the same name in north-east Syria
Chaldean church school, Al-Malikiyah, Syria
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Al Mālikīyah

Al-Hasakah, Syria · Asia

About Al Mālikīyah

Al Mālikīyah sits on the route: 25 minutes from Sulak.

Al Mālikīyah is in Al-Hasakah, Syria, with about 26,000 people. The nearest town is Sulak, about 13 km away.

Al-Malikiyah (Arabic: ٱلْمَالِكِيَّة, romanized: al-Mālikīyah; Kurmanji Kurdish: Dêrika Hemko; Syriac: ܕܪܝܟ), also known as Derik, is a city in northeastern Syria and the center of an administrative district belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. The district constitutes the northeastern corner of the country, and is

Read more 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. Other sources claim that the city has a population of 39,000 as of 2024. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 108 localities with a combined population of 125,000. The town is inhabited by Kurds, Assyrians, Arabs and Armenians.

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Quick Information

Population
26,311
Continent
Asia
Country
Syria
Region
Al-Hasakah
Timezone
Asia/Damascus
Coordinates
37.1770, 42.1401

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