Al-Yaarubiyah

Al-Yaarubiyah
اليعربية
Town
Al-Yaarubiyah
Coordinates: 36°48′42″N 42°3′59″E / 36.81167°N 42.06639°E / 36.81167; 42.06639
Country  Syria
Governorate Al-Hasakah
District Al-Malikiyah District
Nahiyah Al-Yaarubiyah
Population (2004)
  Total 6,066
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

Al-Yaarubiyah (Arabic: اليعربية) is a town in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yaarubiyah had a population of 6,066 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 62 localities with a combined population of 39,459 in 2004.[1]

As of July 2016, the town and the border post is currently under the control of Kurdish YPG forces.[2]

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