Al-Krum ( ar, الكروم), formerly Yazibagh, ( tr, Yazıbağ) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the northern side

Mount Barsa Mount Barṣa ( ar, جبل برصة ǧabal Barṣa , Barṣa being a shortening of Barṣāyā) is a mountain in Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The mountain is located between Azaz District and Afrin District. Borders and description The ...

, north of

Azaz Azaz ( ar, أَعْزَاز, ʾAʿzāz) is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 in the 2004 census.

, north of the city of

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, and less than south of the border to the Turkish province of

Kilis Kilis is a city in south-central Turkey, near the Syria–Turkey border, border with Syria, and the administrative centre of Kilis Province. History Although there aren't any definite information related to its foundation, today's Kilis mainl ...

. The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in

Azaz District Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769. The district lies ...

. Nearby localities include

Ma'arin Ma'arin ( ar, معرين; tr, Muarin) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located north of Azaz at the foot of Mount Barsa, north of the city of Aleppo, and south of the border to the Turkish province of Kil ...

at the opposite side of Mount Barsa, to the south, and al-Salameh to the southeast.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Al-Krum had a population of 252. The village has a mixed community of Turkmens, Arabs, and Kurds. In late 19th century, German traveler

Martin Hartmann Martin Hartmann (9 December 1851, Breslau – 5 December 1918, Berlin) was a German orientalist, who specialized in Islamic studies. In 1875, he received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig as a student of Heinrich Leberecht Fleische ...

noted Yazibagh as a mixed Turkish and Kurdish village, then located in the Ottoman

nahiyah A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...

of Azaz-i Turkman.

References

{{AleppoSY-geo-stub Populated places in Azaz District Turkmen communities in Syria Kurdish communities in Syria