Haritan (, also spelled Huraytan or Hreitan) is a town in northern

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, administratively part of the

Mount Simeon District Mount Simeon District () is a Districts of Syria, district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Aleppo. Until December 2008, the sub-district of Atarib District, Atāreb was part of Mount Simeon Distri ...

of the

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 ...

, just northwest 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 ...

. Nearby localities include Ratyan,

Bayanoun Bayanoun () is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Al-Zahraa Al-Zahraa () is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A ...

and Mayer to the north, Anadan, Yaqid al-Adas to the west, Kafr Hamrah to the south and Shaykh Najjar to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Huraytan had a population of 12,937 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate.

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Populated places in Mount Simeon District Towns in Syria {{AleppoSY-geo-stub

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