al-Bir Tahtani (Arabic: البير التحتاني, romanized: al-Bīr at-Taḥtānī) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, just 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Gaziantep, the village is located about 11 km (6.8 mi) to the southwest of Jarabulus and the river Euphrates.
al-Bir Tahtani
البير التحتاني | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°46′33″N 37°53′38″E / 36.7758°N 37.8939°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Aleppo |
District | Jarabulus |
Subdistrict | Jarabulus |
Population (2004)[1] | 179 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geocode | C2216 |
With 179 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, al-Bir Tahtani administratively belongs to Nahiya Jarabulus within Jarabulus District.[1] Nearby localities include al-Haluwaniyah 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to the northeast, and al-Bir Fawqani 2 km (1.2 mi) to the southwest.
References
edit- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Jarabulus" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.