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Marma al-Hajar

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Marma al-Hajar
مرمى الحجر
Dhashtan
Village
Marma al-Hajar is located in Syria
Marma al-Hajar
Marma al-Hajar
Location of Marma al-Hajar in Syria
Coordinates: 36°46′57″N 37°59′37″E / 36.7825°N 37.9936°E / 36.7825; 37.9936
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictJarabulus
SubdistrictJarabulus
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
  Total
1,818
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
GeocodeC2238

Marma al-Hajar (Arabic: مرمى الحجر, romanized: Marmā al-Ḥajar), originally Dashatan (Arabic: طاش اوتان, romanized: Ṭāsh Awtān; Turkish: Taşatan, lit.'stone thrower'), is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria, on the northern Manbij Plain bordering the Jarabulus Plain's wetlands near the Euphrates River. It is 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Jarabulus and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the Syria–Turkey border. It is inhabited by Turkmen of the Barak tribe.[2][3]

It had 1,818 inhabitants in the 2004 census. Administratively it belongs to Nahiya Jarabulus in Jarabulus District.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Jarabulus" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. Tanyol, Cahit (1952). "Baraklarda Örf ve Adet Araştırmaları 1". İstanbul University Journal of Sociology. 2 (7): 89. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 11. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2023.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)