Country Syria Seat Tell Abyad Population (2004) 129,714 Area 4,834 km² | Governorate Raqqa Subdistricts 3 nawāḥī Geocode SY1102 | |
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Tell Abyad District (Arabic: منطقة تل أبيض, manṭiqat Tall Abyaḍ; Kurdish: Devera Girê Spî) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Tell Abyad.
At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 129,714. The majority of inhabitants are Sunni Arabs, with a considerable Kurdish minority. According to a Turkish writer, Kurds constitute 40-45% of the population; however, a Turkish authority estimated that Arabs and Turkmen constitute 98% of the population in the Tell Abyad area. According to Kurdish, Germany-based human rights group Kurdwatch, Tell Abyad is mainly populated by Arabs, while the environs of Tell Abyad, 15% of the population is Turkmen, 10% Kurdish and the rest being Arabs.
Subdistricts
The district of Tell Abyad is divided into three subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):