Maskanah

Maskanah
مسكنة
Town
Maskanah is located in Syria
Maskanah
Maskanah
Coordinates: 35°57′47″N 38°02′08″E / 35.963158°N 38.035566°E / 35.963158; 38.035566
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictManbij
SubdistrictMaskanah
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total15,477
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Maskanah (Arabic: مَسْكَنَة), also spelled Meskene, is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Manbij District of the Aleppo Governorate. The town is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Aleppo on the Lake Assad part of the Euphrates. Nearby localities include Dayr Hafir, Humaymah Kabirah and Tell Ayoub to the northwest and al-Thawrah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maskanah had a population of 15,477 in the 2004 census.[1] The Syrian government took control of Maskanah on 3 June 2017.[2]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "Syrian Army liberates Maskanah, ISIL expelled from Aleppo". Al-Masdar. 3 June 2017.

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