Al-Hawl
Sign in to savethumb | right Al-Hawl (), also spelled al-Hole, al-Hol, al-Hool and al-Houl, is a town in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, under control of the International Coalition. It is the administrative center of the Al-Hawl Subdistrict consisting of 22 municipalities. At the 2004 census, the town had a population of 3,409. Al-Hawl is the site of the Al-Hawl refugee camp.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Hawl
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of al-Hawl in Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- al-Hasakah
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- al-Hasakah
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- al-Hawl
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 452
- Settlement.population_total
- 3409
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Al-Hawl Subdistrict
- Population
- 3409
- Elevation
- 452
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Infrastructure
- Al-Hawl Refugee Camp
- Civil war and conflict
- Geography
- Climate
- References
thumb | right Al-Hawl (), also spelled al-Hole, al-Hol, al-Hool and al-Houl, is a town in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, under control of the International Coalition. It is the administrative center of the Al-Hawl Subdistrict consisting of 22 municipalities. At the 2004 census, the town had a population of 3,409. Al-Hawl is the site of the Al-Hawl refugee camp.
During the civil war, al-Hawl was seized by Islamic State forces, becoming one of the major IS strongholds in northeastern Syria. On 13 November 2015, al-Hawl was captured by the SDF, in what was considered as the first strategic success by the newly established SDF.
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