Mazaalah ( ar, مزعلة, Māz‘ālāh; tr, Mızale or ) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, north of

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 Manbij plain ( ar, سهل منبج ) is a vast plain on the eastern Aleppo plateau in northern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The plain runs along the western bank of river Euphrates for approximately 140 km from Nizip to Maskanah, with an a ...

, about halfway between

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 the lower course of Sajur River, the village is located about west of 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'') ...

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 987 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, Mazaalah 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 ...

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 ...

inhabits the village. Nearby localities include

Yusuf Bayk Yusuf Bayk ( ar, يوسف بك, Yūsuf Bayk; tr, Yusuf Bey) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, halfway between Jarabulus and the lower course of Sajur River, the village is locat ...

to the northwest, and Ayn al-Bayda to the southeast.

References

{{AleppoSY-geo-stub Villages in Aleppo Governorate Turkmen settlements in Aleppo Governorate