Tal'ar Sharqi Explained

Tal'ar Sharqi
Native Name:تل عار شرقية
Native Name Lang:ar
Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Tal'ar Sharqi in Syria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Aleppo
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Azaz
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Akhtarin
Population:525
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2004
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Geocode:C1594

Tal'ar Sharqi (Arabic: تل عار شرقية|Tall‘ār Shārqī) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the Queiq Plain, between Akhtarin and al-Rai, and about 45km (28miles) northeast of the city of Aleppo.

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Tal'ar Gharbi to the west, and Weqfan to the east.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Tal'ar Sharqi had a population of 525. In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Tal'ar as a Turkish and Arab (Bedouin) mixed village of 20 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hartmann . Martin . Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket . 1894 . W. Pormetter . Berlin . 95 . 30 November 2022 . tell'ār 20 TB.