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'''Rmelan''' ({{lang-ar|رميلان}},<ref>{{cite news |title=اختتام دورة فكرية لمجلس الشبيبة في الـPYD |url=https://pydrojava.net/arabic/archives/52052 |accessdate=24 December 2019 |language=ar}}</ref> {{lang-ku|Rimêlan}})<ref>{{cite web |title=K-055 Rimêlan, Syria |url=http://kurdish.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/k-055-derik-syria/ |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> is a town in the [[al-Hasakah Governorate]] in the northeast of [[Syria]]. Administratively part of the al-Yaarubiyah nahiyah of [[al-Malikiyah District]], the town is located 900&nbsp;km northeast of the capital [[Damascus]], 165&nbsp;km northeast of the governorate capital [[al-Hasakah]], 70&nbsp;km east of [[Qamishli]], 30&nbsp;km southwest of the district centre [[al-Malikiyah]] and 0.5&nbsp;km southwest of the sub-district centre Ma'badah. It has an area of 5&nbsp;km² and a population of 11,500, based on the 2009 official estimate.<ref>[http://www.esyria.sy/ehasakeh/index.php?p=stories&category=places&filename=200904142000033 Rmelan, the town that never sleeps]</ref>
'''Rmelan''' ({{lang-ar|رميلان}},<ref>{{cite news |title=اختتام دورة فكرية لمجلس الشبيبة في الـPYD |url=https://pydrojava.net/arabic/archives/52052 |accessdate=24 December 2019 |language=ar}}</ref> {{lang-ku|Rimêlan}})<ref>{{cite web |title=K-055 Rimêlan, Syria |url=http://kurdish.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/k-055-derik-syria/ |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> is a town in the [[al-Hasakah Governorate]] in the northeast of [[Syria]]. Administratively part of the al-Yaarubiyah nahiyah of [[al-Malikiyah District]], the town is located 900&nbsp;km northeast of the capital [[Damascus]], 165&nbsp;km northeast of the governorate capital [[al-Hasakah]], 70&nbsp;km east of [[Qamishli]], 30&nbsp;km southwest of the district centre [[al-Malikiyah]] and 0.5&nbsp;km southwest of the sub-district centre Ma'badah. It has an area of 5&nbsp;km² and a population of 11,500, based on the 2009 official estimate.<ref>[http://www.esyria.sy/ehasakeh/index.php?p=stories&category=places&filename=200904142000033 Rmelan, the town that never sleeps]</ref>


The town is famous for being one of the major centres of oil production in Syria. The first oil exploration works in Rmelan started in 1934. However, the town was founded in 1956 along with the discovery of the first [[oil well]] in the region, in the area of Karatchok.<ref>[http://www.esyria.sy/ehasakeh/index.php?p=stories&category=business&filename=200906212230033 Rmelan petrol production in Syria]</ref> In late 1960, the [[al-Suwaydiyah]] oil field was also discovered.
The town is famous for being one of the major centres of oil production in Syria. The first oil exploration works in Rmelan started in 1934. However, the town was founded in 1956 along with the discovery of the first [[oil well]] in the region, in the area of Karatchok. Later in 1959, the [[al-Suwaydiyah]] oil field was also discovered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esyria.sy/ehasakeh/index.php?p=stories&category=business&filename=200906212230033 |title="الرميلان" أول شركة نفطية في سورية |website=esyria.sy |date=22 June 2009 }}</ref>


The town has a well-developed infrastructure including 22&nbsp;km of roads, public parks, swimming pools, family clubs, cinema halls and cultural centres. The Town has a large airport that was originally a small agricultural airport, [[Abu Hajar Airport]]. It is now being used by the United States for military and civilian use. The town is also home to the [[Ommal Rmelan SC|Ommal Rmelan]] (Rmelan Labours) football club. They participate in the third division of the Syrian Football League and play their home games at the Rmelan Municipal Stadium. The population of the town is of mixed [[Arab]], [[Kurd]] and [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] ethnicities. Many workers from other Syrian regions also reside in Rmelan. The constitutional conferences of the [[Rojava|Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria]] in 2014 and in 2016 have been held in Rmelan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/magazine/a-dream-of-utopia-in-hell.html|title=A Dream of Secular Utopia in ISIS' Backyard|work=New York Times|date=2015-11-24|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/50102294-77fd-11e5-a95a-27d368e1ddf7.html|title=Power to the people: a Syrian experiment in democracy|publisher=Financial Times|date=2015-10-23|accessdate=2016-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/opinion/the-kurds-democratic-experiment.html|title=The Kurds' Democratic Experiment|work=New York Times|date=2015-09-30|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/08/why-world-ignoring-revolutionary-kurds-syria-isis|title=Why is the world ignoring the revolutionary Kurds in Syria?|work=The Guardian|date=2014-10-08|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/jo-magpie/regaining-hope-in-rojava|title=Regaining hope in Rojava|publisher=Slate|date=2016-06-06|accessdate=2016-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/11/25/rojava_is_a_radical_experiment_in_democracy_in_northern_syria_american_leftists.html|title=American Leftists Need to Pay More Attention to Rojava|publisher=Slate|date=2015-11-25|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-revolution-in-rojava|title=The Revolution in Rojava|publisher=Dissent|date=2015-04-22|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/evangelos-aretaios/rojava-revolution|title=The Rojava revolution|publisher=OpenDemocracy|date=2015-03-15|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://new-compass.net/articles/statement-academic-delegation-rojava|title=Statement from the Academic Delegation to Rojava|publisher=New Compass|date=2015-01-15|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/syria-civil-war-kurds-declare-federal-system-north-160317111902534.html |title=Syria civil war: Kurds declare federal region in north|language= English|date =17 March 2016|website=Aljazeera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kurds-declare-federal-region-in-syria-says-official-1458216404|title=Kurds Declare 'Federal Region' in Syria, Says Official|last1=Bradley|first1=Matt|last2=Albayrak|first2=Ayla|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|last3=Ballout|first3=Dana|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.hawarnews.com/second-day-of-northern-syria-constituent-assembly-conference-takes-place/|title=Second day of Northern Syria Constituent Assembly conference takes place|language=English|date=28 December 2016|publisher=[[Hawar News Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Syrian Kurdish groups, allies say approve blueprint for federal system|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-kurds-idUKKBN14I1BG|accessdate=2017-01-01|publisher=Reuters|date=2016-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Rojava' no longer exists, 'Northern Syria' adopted instead|url=http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/51940fb9-3aff-4e51-bcf8-b1629af00299/-Rojava--no-longer-exists---Northern-Syria--adopted-instead-|accessdate=2017-01-01|publisher=Kurdistan24|date=2016-12-31}}</ref>
The town has a well-developed infrastructure including 22&nbsp;km of roads, public parks, swimming pools, family clubs, cinema halls and cultural centres. The Town has a large airport that was originally a small agricultural airport, [[Abu Hajar Airport]]. It is now being used by the United States for military and civilian use. The town is also home to the [[Ommal Rmelan SC|Ommal Rmelan]] (Rmelan Labours) football club. They participate in the third division of the Syrian Football League and play their home games at the Rmelan Municipal Stadium. The population of the town is of mixed [[Arab]], [[Kurd]] and [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] ethnicities. Many workers from other Syrian regions also reside in Rmelan. The constitutional conferences of the [[Rojava|Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria]] in 2014 and in 2016 have been held in Rmelan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/magazine/a-dream-of-utopia-in-hell.html|title=A Dream of Secular Utopia in ISIS' Backyard|work=New York Times|date=2015-11-24|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/50102294-77fd-11e5-a95a-27d368e1ddf7.html|title=Power to the people: a Syrian experiment in democracy|publisher=Financial Times|date=2015-10-23|accessdate=2016-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/opinion/the-kurds-democratic-experiment.html|title=The Kurds' Democratic Experiment|work=New York Times|date=2015-09-30|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/08/why-world-ignoring-revolutionary-kurds-syria-isis|title=Why is the world ignoring the revolutionary Kurds in Syria?|work=The Guardian|date=2014-10-08|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/jo-magpie/regaining-hope-in-rojava|title=Regaining hope in Rojava|publisher=Slate|date=2016-06-06|accessdate=2016-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/11/25/rojava_is_a_radical_experiment_in_democracy_in_northern_syria_american_leftists.html|title=American Leftists Need to Pay More Attention to Rojava|publisher=Slate|date=2015-11-25|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-revolution-in-rojava|title=The Revolution in Rojava|publisher=Dissent|date=2015-04-22|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/evangelos-aretaios/rojava-revolution|title=The Rojava revolution|publisher=OpenDemocracy|date=2015-03-15|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://new-compass.net/articles/statement-academic-delegation-rojava|title=Statement from the Academic Delegation to Rojava|publisher=New Compass|date=2015-01-15|accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/syria-civil-war-kurds-declare-federal-system-north-160317111902534.html |title=Syria civil war: Kurds declare federal region in north|language= English|date =17 March 2016|website=Aljazeera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kurds-declare-federal-region-in-syria-says-official-1458216404|title=Kurds Declare 'Federal Region' in Syria, Says Official|last1=Bradley|first1=Matt|last2=Albayrak|first2=Ayla|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|last3=Ballout|first3=Dana|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.hawarnews.com/second-day-of-northern-syria-constituent-assembly-conference-takes-place/|title=Second day of Northern Syria Constituent Assembly conference takes place|language=English|date=28 December 2016|publisher=[[Hawar News Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Syrian Kurdish groups, allies say approve blueprint for federal system|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-kurds-idUKKBN14I1BG|accessdate=2017-01-01|publisher=Reuters|date=2016-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Rojava' no longer exists, 'Northern Syria' adopted instead|url=http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/51940fb9-3aff-4e51-bcf8-b1629af00299/-Rojava--no-longer-exists---Northern-Syria--adopted-instead-|accessdate=2017-01-01|publisher=Kurdistan24|date=2016-12-31}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:24, 15 May 2022

Rmelan
Rimêlan
رميلان
Rmelan
Rmelan
Rmelan is located in Syria
Rmelan
Rmelan
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 37°0′N 41°57′E / 37.000°N 41.950°E / 37.000; 41.950
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Malikiyah
Subdistrictal-Yaarubiyah
Founded1956
Area
 • Total5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 est.)
 • Total11,500
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3
Area code052

Rmelan (Arabic: رميلان,[1] Kurdish: Rimêlan)[2] is a town in the al-Hasakah Governorate in the northeast of Syria. Administratively part of the al-Yaarubiyah nahiyah of al-Malikiyah District, the town is located 900 km northeast of the capital Damascus, 165 km northeast of the governorate capital al-Hasakah, 70 km east of Qamishli, 30 km southwest of the district centre al-Malikiyah and 0.5 km southwest of the sub-district centre Ma'badah. It has an area of 5 km² and a population of 11,500, based on the 2009 official estimate.[3]

The town is famous for being one of the major centres of oil production in Syria. The first oil exploration works in Rmelan started in 1934. However, the town was founded in 1956 along with the discovery of the first oil well in the region, in the area of Karatchok. Later in 1959, the al-Suwaydiyah oil field was also discovered.[4]

The town has a well-developed infrastructure including 22 km of roads, public parks, swimming pools, family clubs, cinema halls and cultural centres. The Town has a large airport that was originally a small agricultural airport, Abu Hajar Airport. It is now being used by the United States for military and civilian use. The town is also home to the Ommal Rmelan (Rmelan Labours) football club. They participate in the third division of the Syrian Football League and play their home games at the Rmelan Municipal Stadium. The population of the town is of mixed Arab, Kurd and Assyrian ethnicities. Many workers from other Syrian regions also reside in Rmelan. The constitutional conferences of the Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria in 2014 and in 2016 have been held in Rmelan.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

References

  1. ^ "اختتام دورة فكرية لمجلس الشبيبة في الـPYD" (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. ^ "K-055 Rimêlan, Syria". Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  3. ^ Rmelan, the town that never sleeps
  4. ^ ""الرميلان" أول شركة نفطية في سورية". esyria.sy. 22 June 2009.
  5. ^ "A Dream of Secular Utopia in ISIS' Backyard". New York Times. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  6. ^ "Power to the people: a Syrian experiment in democracy". Financial Times. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  7. ^ "The Kurds' Democratic Experiment". New York Times. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  8. ^ "Why is the world ignoring the revolutionary Kurds in Syria?". The Guardian. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  9. ^ "Regaining hope in Rojava". Slate. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  10. ^ "American Leftists Need to Pay More Attention to Rojava". Slate. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  11. ^ "The Revolution in Rojava". Dissent. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  12. ^ "The Rojava revolution". OpenDemocracy. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  13. ^ "Statement from the Academic Delegation to Rojava". New Compass. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  14. ^ "Syria civil war: Kurds declare federal region in north". Aljazeera. 17 March 2016.
  15. ^ Bradley, Matt; Albayrak, Ayla; Ballout, Dana. "Kurds Declare 'Federal Region' in Syria, Says Official". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  16. ^ "Second day of Northern Syria Constituent Assembly conference takes place". Hawar News Agency. 28 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Syrian Kurdish groups, allies say approve blueprint for federal system". Reuters. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  18. ^ "'Rojava' no longer exists, 'Northern Syria' adopted instead". Kurdistan24. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
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