Abu Hajirat Khuatana

Abu Hajirat Khuatana أبو حجيرة خواتنة
Village
Abu Hajirat Khuatana Location of Abu Hajirat Khuatana in Syria
Coordinates: 36°40′0″N 40°20′33″E / 36.66667°N 40.34250°E / 36.66667; 40.34250Coordinates: 36°40′0″N 40°20′33″E / 36.66667°N 40.34250°E / 36.66667; 40.34250
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Hasakah
Subdistrict	al-Hawl
Population (2004)[1]	1,774
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Geocode	C4514

Abu Hajirat Khuatana (Arabic: أبو حجيرة خواتنة‎‎) or Abu Hujayrat Khawatinah is a village near al-Hawl in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.

The village is located by a main road that connects the provincial capital al-Hasakah, which is located some 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west, with two important border crossings to Iraq. The Makhfar Umm Jaris border crossing near the Sinjar mountains is just some 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south-east of the town.

Administratively the village belongs to the al-Hawl Nahiya of al-Hasakah District. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,774.^[1]

History

In the Syrian Civil War, the area was occupied by the Islamic State. The village was however liberated on 15 November 2015 by the Syrian Democratic Forces in the course of their al-Hawl offensive.^[2]

References

Al-Hasakah Governorate
Capital: Al-Hasakah
	Al-Hasakah District Al-Hasakah Abu Hajirat Khuatana Abu Tinah al-Alwa al-Arishah Bir al-Helou Bureij Sharqi Dashishah Gharbiyah al-Fadghami al-Fakkah Markada Ghabshah al-Ghariri al-Haddadiyah al-Hajiyah al-Hawl Al-Kharitah Khatuniyah Markada Markada Sharqiyah Qaber Shamiyah al-Sabaa wa Arbain al-Saadah Safia al-Shaddadeh al-Shaykh Hamad Sumayhan Gharbi Tell Arboush Tell Balouaah Tell Baz Tell Brak Tell Bureij Tell Damshij Tell Fuweidat Jazira Tell Goran Tell Hefyan Tell Hermez Tell Jazira Tell Jedaya Tell Jemaah Tell Kifji Tell Maghas Tell Majdal Tell Makhadah Tell Massas Tell Nasri Tell Ruman Tell Safouk Tell Sakra Tell Shamah Tell Shamiram Tell Tal Tell Talaah Tell Tamer Tell Tawil Tell Tawil Gharbi al-Tweinah Umm Ghargan Umm al-Keif Umm Madfaa
	Al-Qamishli District Al-Qamishli Amuda Jimaayah al-Manathirah al-Qahtaniyah al-Tannuriyah Tell Hamis Tell Maaruf Umm al-Fursan
	Al-Malikiyah District Al-Malikiyah al-Jawadiyah al-Muabbada Maashuq Sabaa Jafar Suwaydiyah Fawqani al-Tabaqah Tell Adas Tell Arab al-Yaarubiyah
	Ras al-Ayn District Ras al-Ayn Abu Rasin al-Darbasiyah al-Lid Dirbasiyah Mabrouka al-Manajir Tell Halaf Tell Sinan Sharqi Umm al-Dibs Dirbasiyah