Tall Battal Explained

Tall Battal
Native Name:تل بطال
Native Name Lang:ar
Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Tall Battal in Syria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Aleppo
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Azaz
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Akhtarin
Elevation M:539
Population:656
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2004
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Geocode:C1601

Tall Battal (Arabic: تل بطال|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 40km (30miles) northeast of the city of Aleppo, and south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Tall Jurji to the east, and Qar Kalbin to the west on the Queiq Plain. In the 2004 census, Tall Battal had a population of 656.