Tell Qarah

Tell Qarah
تلقراح
Village
Tell Qarah

Location of Tell Qarah in Syria

Coordinates: 36°22′30″N 37°10′56″E / 36.3749°N 37.1821°E / 36.3749; 37.1821Coordinates: 36°22′30″N 37°10′56″E / 36.3749°N 37.1821°E / 36.3749; 37.1821
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Azaz
Subdistrict Mare'
Elevation 484 m (1,588 ft)
Population (2004)[1] 2,477
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Geocode C1638

Tell Qarah (Arabic: تلقراح‎‎), also spelled Tal Qarah or Tel Qarah, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Administratively part of Nahiya Mare' in A'zaz District, it had a population of 2,477 as per the 2004 census.[1] Nearby localities include Ihras to the northwest, Herbel to the north, Maarat Umm Hawsh to the northeast, and Tell Jabin to the southwest.

On 30 August 2016, SDF took over the village from ISIL.[2]


References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Mare'" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "YPG-led SDF capture 3 villages from ISIS in north Aleppo countryside". Al-Masdar News. 30 August 2016.
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