Bahwartah
بحروتة
Town
Bahwartah is located in Syria
Bahwartah
Bahwartah
Location of Bahwartah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°34′30″N 37°19′00″E / 36.575°N 37.3167°E / 36.575; 37.3167
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictAkhtarin
Elevation
472 m (1,549 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
754
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1577

Bahwartah (Arabic: بحروتة, romanized: Baḩwartah, also spelled Bhorta or Bahirta) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the Queiq Plain, between Sawran and Al-Rai, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo, and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis. The village is inhabited by Turkmen.[2]

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Shuwayrin 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest, and Ziadiyah 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Bahwartah had a population of 754.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2023.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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