Al-Qamishli

Al-Qamishli (Arabic:القامشلي‎, Kurdish:Qamişlo‎, Syriac:ܩܡܫܠܐ‎ Qamišlo or ܒܝܬ ܙܐܠܝ̈ܢ Beṯ Zālin) also known as Al-Qamishly, Kamishli or Kamishly, is a city in northeastern Syria on the border with Turkey, adjoining the Turkish city of Nusaybin, and close to Iraq. It is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, and is the administrative capital of the Al-Qamishli District within the governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Qamishli had a population of 184,231 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 92 localities with a combined population of 232,095 in 2004. Al-Qamishli is 680 kilometres (420 mi) northeast of Damascus. Al-Qamishli is the de facto capital of Rojava.