Tall Battal (Arabic: تل بطال, romanized: Tall 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 | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°30′01″N 37°26′21″E / 36.5003°N 37.4392°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Aleppo |
District | Azaz |
Subdistrict | Akhtarin |
Elevation | 539 m (1,768 ft) |
Population (2004)[1] | 656 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geocode | C1601 |
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
edit- ^ 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.