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Baraghida
براغيدة
Village
Baraghida is located in Syria
Baraghida
Baraghida
Location of Baraghida in Syria
Coordinates: 36°38′00″N 37°12′49″E / 36.6333°N 37.2136°E / 36.6333; 37.2136
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Azaz
Subdistrict Sawran
Elevation
474 m (1,555 ft)
Population
 (2004) [1]
995
Time zone UTC+2 ( EET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+3 ( EEST)
GeocodeC1663

Baraghida ( Arabic: براغيدة, romanizedBarāghīdah) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway between Azaz and al-Rai, some 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo and 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis. The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Kafr Ghan [ ar] 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west, Dudiyan 7 km (4.3 mi) to the east and Sawran 8 km (5.0 mi) to the south.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Baraghida had a population of 995. [1] The village is inhabited by Turkmen. [2] In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Baraghida as a Turkish village of 10 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95. Retrieved 30 November 2022. barāghīlī 10 T