Tall Battal ( ar, تل بطال, Tall Baţţāl), also spelled ''Til Betal'' or ''Tal Bital'', is a village in northern
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen 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 ...
, northwestern Syria. Situated in the northern Aqil mountains, bordering the
Queiq Plain to the west, it is located halfway between
al-Rai and
al-Bab
Al-Bab ( ar, الْبَاب / ALA-LC: ''al-Bāb'') is a city, ''de jure'' administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate of the Syrian Arab Republic. As of December 2016, the city is under the control of pro-Turkish militias, as part of t ...
, about northeast of the city of
Aleppo, and south of the
border
Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political bo ...
to the Turkish province of
Kilis
Kilis is a city in south-central Turkey, near the border with Syria, and the administrative centre of Kilis Province.
History
Although there aren't any definite information related to its foundation, today's Kilis mainly developed and became ...
.
Administratively the village belongs to
Nahiya Akhtarin in
A'zaz District
Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) 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 ...
. Nearby localities include Tall Jurji to the east, and
Qar Kalbin to the west on the Queiq Plain. In the 2004 census, Tall Battal had a population of 656.
References
Villages in Aleppo Governorate
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