Official Name: | Shaykh al-Hadid |
Native Name: | شيخ الحديد |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Afrin |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Shaykh al-Hadid |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 5,063 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 36.5011°N 36.5978°W |
Parts Type: | Control |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Syrian Interim Government |
Shaykh al-Hadid (Arabic: شيخ الحديد, also spelled Sheikh Hadid, Sheikh El-Hadid; Kurdish: {{italics correction|Şiyê[1]) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo near the border with Turkey. Nearby localities include Kafr Safra to the south and Darmashkanli to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaykh al-Hadid had a population of 5,063 in the 2004 census.[2] On March 4, 2018, the town came under the control of the Syrian National Army.