Al-Yaarubiyah
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Al-Yaarubiyah اليعربية |
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| Town | |
 Al-Yaarubiyah
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| Coordinates: 36°48′42″N 42°3′59″E / 36.81167°N 42.06639°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Al-Hasakah |
| District | Al-Malikiyah District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Yaarubiyah |
| de facto |
 Rojava
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| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 6,066 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+3) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
Al-Yaarubiyah (Arabic: اليعربية) (Kurdish: Tilkoçer French: Tell Kotchek) is a town in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yaarubiyah had a population of 6,066 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 62 localities with a combined population of 39,459 in 2004.
As of July 2016, the town and the border post is currently under the control of Kurdish YPG forces and its Arab ally, Al-Sanadid Forces.
The town was the border post between French-Syria and British-Iraq and had a railway station on the Baghdad Railway.
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