Nayarah | |
Native Name: | نيارة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Other Name: | Nijar (نيارة) |
Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Nayarah in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Azaz |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Azaz |
Population: | 1337 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Geocode: | C1573 |
Nayarah (Arabic: نيارة), alternatively spelled Niyarah, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located at 37.14439 36.43264 on the Queiq Plain, 5km (03miles) northeast of Azaz, north of the city of Aleppo, and south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis.
The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include al-Salameh to the west and Tatiyah to the north. In the 2004 census, Nayarah had a population of 1,337.[1]
During the Roman Empire Nayarah/Nijar was a civitas of the Roman Province of Syria, known as Niara.[2] [3]
In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Nayarah as a Turkish village of 15 households, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.[4]