Al-Hadher ( ar, الحاضر; transliteration: ''al-Ḥāḍir'') is a village in northern
Syria, administratively part of the
Mount Simeon District
Mount Simeon District ( ar-at, منطقة جبل سمعان, manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān), also known as ''Jabal Sem`an'', is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Aleppo.
Until December ...
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 ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hadher had a population of 8,550 in the 2004 census.
It is 4 kilometers east of the ancient town of Qinnasrin (Chalcis ad Belum).
[Burns 1992, p. 257.] It was founded by the Tribes of Arabia, Arab tribe of Tanukh as a ''ḥāḍir'' (a settlement of sedentarized Bedouin) in the 4th century under Byzantine Empire, Byzantine rule.
[Sauvaget 1971, p. 85.] Al-Hadher served as the headquarters of Jund Qinnasrin, (military district of Qinnasrin).
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Populated places in Mount Simeon District
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