al-Alwa (Arabic: الْعَلْوَة, romanizedal-ʿAlwa) is a village in southern Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.

The village is located on the Khabur River[2] Administratively the village belongs to the Nahiya al-Shaddadah of al-Hasakah District.

The village is predominantly inhabited by Sunni Arabs. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 3,409.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Shaddadah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Geographic Names



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