Kafr Shoush

Kefer Şuş[1]
كفر شوش
Kafr Shoush ( كفرشوش )
Village
Kefer Şuş[1]
Location of Kefer Şuş[1] in Syria
Coordinates: 36°38′03″N 37°10′01″E / 36.6342°N 37.1669°E / 36.6342; 37.1669
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Azaz
Subdistrict Sawran
Elevation 500 m (1,600 ft)
Population (2004)[2] 95
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode C1673

Kefer Şuş[1] (Turkish: Kefer Şuş, Arabic: كفر شوش‎) or Kafr Shoush (Arabic: كفرشوش‎, translit. Kafr Shūsh) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located between Azaz and Çobanbey (al-Rai) on the Queiq Plain, some 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, and 2 km (1.2 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.

The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Kafr Ghan 2 km (1.2 mi) to the east and Kafr Burayshah 2 km (1.2 mi) to the west. In the 2004 census, Kafr Shoush had a population of 95.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri (in Turkish) — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 12 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
  2. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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