Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Al-Tabqah District in Raqqa Governorate, approximately west of Raqqa. The subdistrict population at the 2004 census was 31,786.
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict is bounded by Lake Assad to the West and South, Ayn al-Arab District of Aleppo Governorate to the North, and Raqqa District also of Raqqa Governorate to the East.
The administrative centre Al-Jarniyah and much of the subdistrict are currently controlled by SDF, following three years of control by ISIS and other rebel groups.
Towns and villages
The towns and villages in Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict and their populations as at the 2004 census were:- Abu Sakhra, 730
- Abu Shamat - Abul Kalat, 525
- Ajajiyeh, 284
- Badiat Elshoaa, 207
- Bir Elatshaneh, 251
- Bir Elkhozam, 391
- Bir Haj Khalif, 94
- Bir Shallal, 921
- Bisrawi, 351
- Dahweh, 122
- Dukhan, 415
- Eastern Jaabar, 1180
- Falah Rabu, 2638
- Hamra, 408
- Hazzum, 275
- Hurriyeh, 810
- Hweijet Halawa, 1651
- Jeiber, aka Jabar, 277
- Jurneyyeh, 2686
- Kanu, 191
- Karawan, 600
- Khatuniya Eljerniyah, 1852
- Mahmudli, 2713
- Mjeibnet Elamya, 859
- Msheirfet Eljerniyeh, 434
- Mweileh, 231
- Nafileh, 554
- Rajm Elhamam, 93
- Ramleh, 1395
- Safra الصفرة 184
- Sanjar, 92
- Shahid Ellah, 592
- Shams Eldin, 2213
- Tal Othman, 2024
- Tawi, 1180
- Thaheriya, 424
- Thlath Khrab, 291
- Wasta, 396
- Western Jaabar, 833
- Zarijiyet Shams Eldin, 171
- Al-Bahtah, 63
- Al-Rahrahah, 408
- Al-Sakhni, 112
- Al-Turkah, 822
- Mazyuneh, 333
- Shabhar, 129
Notable places
- The castle of Qal'at Ja'bar, previously overlooking the Euphrates, but now an island in Lake Assad, lies close to Western Jaabar in the south of the subdistrict.
Syrian civil war
By March 2013 Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict, with the rest of Raqqa countryside, had fallen into rebel hands.During December 2016 the Syrian Democratic Forces drove ISIS out of most Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict.
With the help of US special forces, Bir Shallal and nearby villages in the north-east of the nahiyah were taken over in mid December, soon followed by a corridor stretching to Wasta on Lake Assad which cut off the west of the nahiyah which was subsequently taken over. The largest town of the area, Mahmudli in the south west of the nahiyah, was taken over by the SDF at the start of 2017.