Bel
البل | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°35′41″N 37°11′21″E / 36.5947°N 37.1892°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Aleppo |
District | Azaz |
Subdistrict | Sawran |
Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) |
Population (2004)
[1] | 563 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Geocode | C1669 |
Bel ( Arabic: البل, romanized: al-Bil) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway between Azaz and al-Rai, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the city of Aleppo and 7 km (4.3 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis, the village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Sawran 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast and Kafr Ghan 4 km (2.5 mi) to the north.
In the 2004 census, Bel had a population of 563. [1] The village is inhabited by Turkmen. [2] In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Bel as a Turkish village of 15 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman. [3]
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