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Haritan ( ar, حريتان, Ḥuraytān, also spelled Huraytan or Hreitan) is a town in northern
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, administratively part of the
Mount Simeon District Mount Simeon District ( ar-at, منطقة جبل سمعان, mantiqah, manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān), also known as ''Jabal Sem`an'', is a Districts of Syria, district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of ...
of the
Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of t ...
, just northwest of
Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...
. Nearby localities include Ratyan,
Bayanoun Bayanoun ( ar, بيانون) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Al-Zahraa Al-Zahraa ( ar, الزهراء, az-Zahrāʾ) is a town ...
and Mayer to the north, Anadan, Yaqid al-Adas to the west,
Kafr Hamrah Kafr Hamrah ( ar, كفر حمرة, also spelled Kfar Hamra) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, in the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo. Nearby localities include ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") center Huraytan ...
to the south and Shaykh Najjar to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Huraytan had a population of 12,937 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate.


See also

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Charge at Haritan The Charge at Haritan occurred on 26 October 1918 at the end of the Pursuit to Haritan during the final stages of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. Two regiments of the 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade, 5th Cavalry Di ...
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Pursuit to Haritan The Pursuit to Haritan occurred between 29 September and 26 October 1918 when the XXI Corps and Desert Mounted Corps of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) pursued the retreating remnants of the Yildirim Army Group advanced north from Damascu ...


References

Populated places in Mount Simeon District Towns in Syria {{AleppoSY-geo-stub