Dudiyan (;
) is a village in northern
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' ) is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the t ...
, northwestern
Syria
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. About northeast of the city of
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
and just south of Syria's border with
Turkey
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, it is administratively part of
Nahiya Akhtarin
Akhtarin Subdistrict () is the easternmost subdistrict of Azaz District in the northern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria, on the border with Turkey. Its administrative centre and largest town is Akhtarin. Its town of Dabiq is notable for the ...
of
Azaz District
Azaz District () is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769.
The district lies between Afrin District to the west, Mount Sime ...
. Nearby localities include
Baraghida to the west and
Tat Hims to the east. In the 2004 census, Dudiyan had a population of 1,164.
Traveler
Martin Hartmann
Martin Hartmann (9 December 1851, Breslau – 5 December 1918, Berlin) was a German orientalist, who specialized in Islamic studies.
In 1875, he received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig as a student of Heinrich Leberecht Fleisch ...
noted the village as a Turkmen village in late 19th century.
The village council has a total of six settlements affiliated with it (Dudiyan, Jaka, Kamaliya, Khalaftili, Baghidin, Qurah Mazr‘a). As of early 2023, it's total population of 5,057 people, the majority of whom were displaced persons from other areas of Syria.
References
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Populated places in Azaz District
Turkmen settlements in Aleppo Governorate