Al-Hadher, Syria

Al-Hadher
الحاضر
Town
Al-Hadher is located in Syria
Al-Hadher
Al-Hadher
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°59′45″N 37°3′27″E / 35.99583°N 37.05750°E / 35.99583; 37.05750
CountrySyria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictMount Simeon
Subdistrictal-Hadher
Control Syrian Salvation Government[1]
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
8,550
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC1182

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.[2]

It is 4 kilometers east of the ancient town of Qinnasrin (Chalcis ad Belum).[3] It was founded by the Arab tribe of Tanukh as a ḥāḍir (a settlement of sedentarized Bedouin) in the 4th century under Byzantine rule.[4] Al-Hadher served as the headquarters of Jund Qinnasrin, (military district of Qinnasrin).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Amid failure of regime forces to counter attacks: H-T-S and factions take control of five neighborhoods in Aleppo city and 20 villages and towns in Idlib and Aleppo countryside". 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  3. ^ a b Burns 1992, p. 257.
  4. ^ Sauvaget 1971, p. 85.

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