Al-Malikiyah

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Al-Malikiyah المالكية
North east
Nickname(s): ديريك
Al-Malikiyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 37°10′N 42°08′E / 37.167°N 42.133°E / 37.167; 42.133
Country	Syria
Governorate	Al-Hasakah Governorate
District	Al-Malikiyah District
Elevation	500 m (1,640 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	18,814
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)
Area code(s)	052

Al-Malikiyah (Arabic: المالكية‎ Al Mālikiya, Classical Syriac: ܕܪܝܟ‎, Dêrik, Kurdish: Dayrik) is a small Syrian city and the center of an administrative district belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. The district constitutes the northeastern corner of the country. The Tigris river defines the border that separates Syrian from Turkish and Iraqi territories. The population enjoys demographic and ethnic diversity that is characteristic of most of Al-Hasakah Governorate. The town is inhabited by Assyrians/Syriacs, Arabs, Kurds, and Armenians.

Al-Malikiyah, which is named after a Syrian army officer Adnan al-Malki, is also known as Dayrik an Assyrian/Syriac reference to monastery. The town's indigenous occupants are Assyrians/Syriacs who trace their ancestry to many Turkish villages (Tur Abdin) whose inhabitants fled to Syria escaping the Assyrian Genocide and Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turkey during World War I.

The northern half of the town is mainly inhabited by Muslim Kurds, the southern by Christians. As the economic center of the district, the town is usually flocked by people from the surrounding villages and towns, especially during the morning hours. Al-Malikiyah has seen a dramatic urban expansion and real estate development in recent years which led to many streets being extended to new neighborhoods that are now part of the continually growing town.

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  New Syriac Orthodox church- Main street

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  New Church dome

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  Chaldean church

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  Chaldean church- school building

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  Looking east

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  "Semalka"

Coordinates: 37°10′N 42°08′E / 37.167°N 42.133°E / 37.167; 42.133