Hasakah Subdistrict (; ) is a subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in central al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Hasakah. It has a mixed population of Kurds, Assyrians, and Arabs. Most of the subdistrict is part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, apart from an enclave of Hasakah city, which has remained under the control of the Ba'athist Syrian government since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.

At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 251,570.

Cities, towns and villages

+ Cities, towns and villages of al-Hasakah Subdistrict PCode Name Population C4360 al-Hasakah C4351 al-Tweinah Western Tell Tawil C4354 Safya C4378 Qaber Amer C4343 Tal Majdal C4365 Eastern Hamra C4361 Eastern Rajman C4347 Western Sabe Skur C4366 Um Elmilh C4340 Kherbet Elias C4349 Salaliyeh C4334 Um Qasir Almjarjaa C4369 Sayed Ali C4346 Rafraf C4371 Tal Baydar Haskeh Karama C4367 Ein Elhara C4374 Rehiyeh Nameh C4368 Sulaymaniya C4364 Um Elmaez C4344 Um Elshok C4376 Qubbet Elsokhur C4373 Zaydiyeh Hasskeh C4380 Msheirfet Elashmal C4381 Mahd Elrijleh C4357 Masudiyeh Haska C4348 Duwadiyeh Haskeh C4370 Southern Lower Um Hajra C4355 Um Eldibis Elhiskeh Noman C4341 Abu Rasin Haskeh C4350 Hafayer C4362 Matl C4336 Razaza C4331 Khazneh C4359 Eastern Taban C4377 Nurak C4363 First Mabtuh C4382 Masudiyeh Elbizara C4358 Tal Mansur Haskeh C4383 Western Qamar C4337 Madina C4372 Tal Shaalan C4332 Um Hajra Almoqbela C4339 Sofya C4338 Shama C4356 Lower Tal Aswad C4379 Qaber Elkhalif C4335 Jdideh C4342 Talaah C4353 Harmala C4352 Upper Tal Aswad C4375 Hilaliyeh C4333 Rahmaniya Kherbet Elfaras Umm al Quşayr

Civil war

Following the Battle of Shaddadi in February 2013, in which the city of Al-Shaddadah came under the control of al-Nusra Front, the southern parts of Al-Hasakah Subdistrict also fell to Nusra. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took over from al-Nusra Front in the area, and pushed northwards up to the boundary of Hasakah city, culminating in the 2015 Battle of al-Hasakah. ISIL were finally driven from the district in the Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016).

Kawkab military base Surrounding Mount Kawkab (, at 36.536251°N, 40.858276°E) was the largest military base of the governorate, which has remained in the hands of the Syrian Arab Army throughout the war until the fall of the Assad regime. ISIS attacked the base without success in July 2014 and October 2015.

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