Maraanaz

Maraanaz
مرعناز
Village
Aerial view of Maraanaz in December 2016, during the Syrian Civil War
Maraanaz
Location of Maraanaz in Syria
Coordinates: 36°33′06″N 37°00′54″E / 36.5517°N 37.015°E / 36.5517; 37.015
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Azaz
Subdistrict Azaz
de facto

Democratic Federation of Northern Syria

Population (2004)[1] 959
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode C1570

Maraanaz (Arabic: مرعناز‎, translit. Mir'anāz) is a village near Azaz in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria.

Administratively part of Nahiya Azaz, Maaranaz had a population of 959 in the 2004 census.[1] Nearby localities include Azaz to the northeast, Menagh to the southeast, and Maryamin to the west.

Maraanaz is located by the Baghdad Railway connecting Aleppo with the Turkish city of Adana, and by the strategic highway 214 to Gaziantep.

References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Azaz" (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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