Marma al-Hajar ( ar, مرمى الحجر, Marmā al-Ḥajar), alternatively referred to as Dhashtan ( ar, طاش اوتان, Ṭāsh Awtān, links=no), is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, 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 ...

. Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, bordering the Jarabulus Plain's wetlands towards river

Euphrates The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

, the village is located to the south of

Jarabulus Jarabulus ( ar, جَرَابُلُس / ALA-LC: ''Jarābulus'', Aleppo dialect: ''Jrāblos''; tr, Cerablus) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Aleppo Governorate, under the de-facto control of the Syrian Opposition. Jarabulus lies on ...

, and about south of the

border Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders c ...

to the Turkish province of

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

. With 1,818 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, Marma al-Hajar administratively belongs to

Nahiya Jarabulus Jarabulus Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز جرابلس) is a subdistrict of Jarabulus District in Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Jarabulus. At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a populatio ...

within

Jarabulus District Jarabulus District ( ar, منطقة جرابلس, manṭiqat Ğarābulus) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, on the border with Turkey. The administrative centre is the city of Jarabulus. At the 2004 census, the district had ...

. Nearby localities include al-Jamel to the southeast, and

Jarabulus Tahtani Jarabulus Tahtani ( ar, جرابلس تحتاني, Jarābulus Taḩtānī, lit=Lower Jarabulus) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated in the Jarabulus Plain's wetlands, on the western banks of river Euphrates, the ...

to the northeast.

References

{{AleppoSY-geo-stub Aleppo Governorate