Rmelan

Rimelan (Arabic: رميلان,^[1] Kurdish: Rimêlan)^[2] is a town in the Cizire Province (Hassake) in the northeast of Syria. Administratively part of the Çil Axa nahiyah of Dêrik District, the town is located 900 km northeast of the capital Damascus, 165 km northeast of the Province capital Hassake, 70 km east of Qamishlo, 30 km southwest of the district centre Dêrik and 0.5 km southwest of the sub-district centre Girkê Legê. It has an area of 5 km² and a population of 11,500, based on the 2009 official estimate.^[3]

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Rimelan
Rmelan
Rimêlan Location in Syria
Coordinates: 37°0′N 41°57′E / 37.000°N 41.950°E / 37.000; 41.950
Country	Syria  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	Dêrik
Subdistrict	Çil Axa
Founded	1956
Area
• Total	5 km^2 (2 sq mi)
Population  (2009 est.)
• Total	11,500
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code	052

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 Qereçox. Later in 1959, the Siwêdiye 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 Rimelan (Rimelan Labours) football club. They participate in the third division of the Syrian Football League and play their home games at the Rimelan Municipal Stadium. The population of the town is of mixed 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]}

Notable residents

• Bahzad Sulaiman

References

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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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