Al-Hasakah (, , ), also known as
Al-Hasakeh, is the capital city of the
Al-Hasakah Governorate and it is located in the far north-eastern corner of
Syria. With a population of 188,160 residents in 2004, Al-Hasakah is among the 10 largest cities in Syria and the largest in the
governorate. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 108 localities with a combined population of 251,570 in 2004. Al-Hasakah is a predominantly Kurdish city with a mixed population of
Kurds and
Arabs and in addition to a significant minority of
Assyrians and a smaller number of
Armenians. The
Khabur River runs through Al-Hasakah and the rest of the governorate.