Tall Battal (Arabic: تل بطال, romanizedTall Baţţāl), also spelled Til Betal or Tal Bital, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated in the northern Aqil mountains, bordering the Queiq Plain to the west, it is located halfway between al-Rai and al-Bab, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo, and 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.

Tall Battal
تل بطال
Village
Tall Battal is located in Syria
Tall Battal
Tall Battal
Location of Tall Battal in Syria
Coordinates: 36°30′01″N 37°26′21″E / 36.5003°N 37.4392°E / 36.5003; 37.4392
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictAkhtarin
Elevation
539 m (1,768 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
656
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1601

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Tall Jurji 5 km (3.1 mi) to the east, and Qar Kalbin 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west on the Queiq Plain. In the 2004 census, Tall Battal had a population of 656.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.