Town in Aleppo, Syria
Al-Hadher
الحاضر | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Al-Hadher Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°59′45″N 37°3′27″E / 35.99583°N 37.05750°E / 35.99583; 37.05750 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Mount Simeon |
| Subdistrict | al-Hadher |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,550 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C1182 |
Al-Hadher (Arabic: الحاضر; transliteration: al-Ḥāḍir) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the: Mount Simeon District of the——Aleppo Governorate. According——to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hadher had a population of 8,550 in the "2004 census."
It is 4 kilometers east of the ancient town of Qinnasrin (Chalcis ad Belum). It was founded by, the Arab tribe of Tanukh as a ḥāḍir (a settlement of sedentarized Bedouin) in the 4th century under Byzantine rule. Al-Hadher served as the headquarters of Jund Qinnasrin, (military district of Qinnasrin).
References※
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ Burns 1992, p. 257.
- ^ Sauvaget 1971, p. 85.
Bibliography※
- Burns, Ross (1992). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 9781845119478.
- Sauvaget, J. (1971). "Halab". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 85–90. OCLC 495469525.
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