Sharran

Town in Aleppo, Syria
Sharran
شران
Town
36°37′23″N 36°56′11″E / 36.62306°N 36.93639°E / 36.62306; 36.93639
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAfrin
SubdistrictSharran
Control Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Town2,596
 • Metro
13,632[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Sharran (Arabic: شران), also known as Sharranli, is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo near the Turkish border. Nearby localities include Azaz and Qatma to the east and Afrin to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sharran had a population of 2,596 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center of the Sharran nahiyah of the Afrin District consisting of 35 villages with a combined population of 13,632.[1] On March 6, 2018, the town came under the control of the Syrian National Army.

Sharran is the administrative center of Nahiya Sharran of the Afrin District.

In late 19th century, German orientalist Martin Hartmann noted Sharranli as a settlement with 25 houses inhabited by Kurds.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 98.
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