Hawar Kilis (Arabic: حوار كلس, romanized: Ḥiwār Kalas, Turkish: Havar Kilis or Havar[1]), alternatively spelled Hiwar Kalas, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located between Azaz and Al-Rai, on the Queiq Plain, some 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, and just 2 km (1.2 mi) south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis.
Hawar Kilis
حوار كلس
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Village | |
  Hawar Kilis Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°39′30.96″N 37°12′46.08″E / 36.6586000°N 37.2128000°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Azaz |
| Subdistrict | Sawran |
| Control |  Turkey Syrian Interim Government |
| Elevation | 560 m (1,840 ft) |
| Population (2004) Census[2] | |
• Total | 438 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Geocode | C1661 |
The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Zayzafun 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west and Baraghida 3 km (1.9 mi) to the south.
Demographics
editIn the 2004 census, Hawar Kilis had a population of 438.[2] The village is inhabited by Turkmen.[3] In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Hawar as a Turkish village of 10 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri (in Turkish) — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 13 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95. Retrieved 30 November 2022.