Turkman Bareh

Turkman Bareh
تركمان بارح
Türkmenbarı[1]
Village
Turkman Bareh
Location of Turkman Bareh in Syria
Coordinates: 36°32′32″N 37°19′29″E / 36.5422°N 37.3247°E / 36.5422; 37.3247
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Azaz
Subdistrict Akhtarin
Elevation 467 m (1,532 ft)
Population (2004)[2] 1,537
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode C1605

Turkman Bareh (Arabic: تركمان بارح‎, translit. Turkumān Bāriḩ, Turkish: Türkmenbarı),[1] alternatively spelled Barih, is a village 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 with a dominative Syrian Turkmen majority.[2]

The town has been in close proximity to sustained fighting in the Syrian civil war.

References

  1. 1 2 Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri (in Turkish) — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 13 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
  2. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (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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