Ma'arin ( ar, معرين; tr, Muarin
) is a village in northern
Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located 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. at the foot of
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
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, north of the city of
Aleppo
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, and 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 ...
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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
Al-Krum at the opposite side of Mount Barsa, to the north, and
Al-Salameh to the east. In the 2004 census, Ma'arin had a population of 334.
Demographics
Ma'arin is a
Turkmen
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
Peoples Historical ethnonym
* Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages
Ethnic groups
* Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...
village.
In late 19th century, 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 Ma'arin as a Turkish 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
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Populated places in Azaz District
Syria–Turkey relations
Turkmen communities in Syria