Turkman Bareh
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Turkman Bareh
تركمان بارح | |
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Town | |
  Turkman Bareh Location of Turkman Bareh in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°32′32″N 37°19′29″E / 36.5422°N 37.3247°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Azaz |
| Subdistrict | Akhtarin |
| Control |  Turkey Syrian Interim Government |
| Elevation | 467 m (1,532 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | 1,537 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1605 |
Turkman Bareh (Arabic: تركمان بارح, romanized: Turkumān Bāriḩ), alternatively spelled Barih, is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. About 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo and about 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Syria's border with Turkey, it is administratively part of Nahiya Akhtarin of Azaz District. Nearby localities include Dabiq 5 km (3.1 mi) to the west and Akhtarin 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south. In the 2004 census, Turkman Bareh had a population of 1,537.[1] The town is inhabited by Turkmen.[2]
The town has been in close proximity to sustained fighting in the Syrian civil war.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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