Jazira Canton
Jazira Canton is a province of Rojava, the Kurdish region of Syria. It is also home to the capital, Al-Qamishli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Al-Hasakah and Al-Qamishli.
Al-Hasakah
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Al-Hasakah is the capital of the Al-Hasakah Province in the Jazira Region of Rojava in Syria. It is the second largest city of Rojava with a population of 180.000 inhabitants.
Al-Qamishli
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Al-Qamishli is a city in the Syrian Desert, on the border with Turkey, facing the city of Nusaybin on the Turkish side of the border.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis and Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex.
Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis
Church
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Mar Yakov Church or Mor Yakup Church, also known as the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis, is a historic church in Nusaybin, southeastern Turkey. Archaeological excavations revealed that the 4th-century church building was originally the baptistery of a cathedral, which no longer exists.
Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex
Mosque
Zeynel Abiddin Mosque Complex is a historic religious building complex in Nusaybin, Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey. It is located in the Nusaybin district of Mardin Province at.
7 April Stadium
Sports venue
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7 April Stadium is a multipurpose stadium in the Syrian city of Qamishli. It is mostly used for football matches and is home to the Syrian 1st Division football club Al-Jihad SC. It has a capacity of 10,000 spectators.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nusaybin and Çatalözü.
Nusaybin
Nusaybin is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,079 km2, and its population is 115,586. The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal affiliation.
Çatalözü
Suburb
Çatalözü is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Koçekan tribe and had a population of 2,289 in 2021.
Demirtepe
Village
Demirtepe is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 207 in 2021.
Jazira Canton
- Type: canton of Rojava
- Description: canton of Rojava
- Also known as: “Cizire Canton”, “Cizîrê Canton”, “Jazeera Canton”, and “Jazira Region”
- Location: Rojava, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.05° or 37° 3′ northLongitude
41.2167° or 41° 13′ 0″ eastOpen location code
8H9326X8+XMWikidata ID
Q18111299
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Jazira Canton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم الجزيرة”
- Catalan: “Cantó de Cizîrê”
- Central Kurdish: “کانتۆنی جزیرە”
- Chinese: “賈茲拉州”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kantonê Cezira”
- Dutch: “Canton Jazira”
- Dutch: “Jazira”
- Gilaki: “جزیره کانتؤن”
- Indonesian: “Kanton Jazira”
- Japanese: “ジャジーラ地方”
- Korean: “자지라주”
- Kurdish: “Kantona Cizîrê ya Rojavaya Kurdistanê”
- Kurdish: “Kantona Cizîrê”
- Persian: “کانتون جزیره”
- Russian: “Джазира”
- Russian: “Джизре”
- Serbian: “Кантон Џезира”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanton Džezira”
- Turkish: “Cezire Kantonu”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ علاقہ”
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