Bahwartah
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Bahwartah
بحروتة | |
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Town | |
  Bahwartah Location of Bahwartah in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°34′30″N 37°19′00″E / 36.575°N 37.3167°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Azaz |
| Subdistrict | Akhtarin |
| Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | 754 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1577 |
Bahwartah (Arabic: بحروتة, romanized: Baḩwartah, also spelled Bhorta or Bahirta) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the Queiq Plain, between Sawran and Al-Rai, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo, and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis. The village is inhabited by Turkmen.[2]
Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Shuwayrin 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest, and Ziadiyah 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Bahwartah had a population of 754.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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