Country Syria District al-Hasakah Population (2004) 2,530 | Governorate al-Hasakah Subdistrict Markada Local time Monday 10:28 AM | |
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Occupation Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Weather 18°C, Wind W at 18 km/h, 47% Humidity | ||
Markada (Arabic: مركدة, sometimes Markadah or Margada) is a town in southern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of the Nahiya Markada consisting of 13 municipalities. In the 2004 census, Markada had a population of 2,530.
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Map of Markadah, Syria
The town is divided by the Khabur River.
History
Markada succeeded the village of "Makîsîn" (also spelled "Makasîn", "Maykasan" or "Makîs"). During early Islamic rule (7th–10th centuries), Makisin was a town in the district of Diyar Rabi'a with a bridge that crossed the Khabur River. Large quantities of cotton were grown around the site. In the late 680s, numerous Christian Taghlib tribesmen were killed in an ambush at Makisin by the Sulaym tribe as part of the long-running Qays–Yaman feud.
Syrian civil war
Markada saw fighting between the government forces and the al-Nusra Front during 2013. Having gained control of the town, the al-Nusra Front were driven out the following year by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) at the Battle of Markada. By March 2014 thousands of residents had fled from Markada, many to al-Sur (in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.