Al-Malikiyah
Government
Al - Malkiyah (Arabic المالكية al - Malkiyah, Syro -Aramaic ܕ ܝ ܪ ܝ ܟ, Dêrik, Kurdish Derika Hemko ) is the name for both a district in the Syrian government of al -Hasakah, and for the same capital. The district is inhabited by Kurds, Arameans ( Syriac Christians ) and Arabs. The population of the entire district was given at the 2004 census, with 189 634. A well-known archaeological site in the district is Tell Hamoukar.
The city's name was Arabized during the policy of " Arab belt" and the Syrian army officer Adnan al - Malki modeled. The Aramaic name Dêrik refers to an original monastery. The northern district is mostly inhabited by Muslim Kurds and the southern district of Syrian Christians.
New Syrian Orthodox Church, High Street
New Cathedral
Chaldean Church