Tell Aran

Tell Aran

تل عرن
Tell Aran تل عرن
Town
	Tell Aran
	Coordinates: 36°7′23″N 37°20′13″E / 36.12306°N 37.33694°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	al-Safira
Subdistrict	Tell Aran
Control	Syrian Interim Government
Population (2004 census)
• Total	17,767
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Tell Aran (Arabic: تل عرن; also spelled, Tell Arn; ancient Arne, Kurdish: Girê Aran) is a Kurdish-majority town in northern Syria, administratively part of the al-Safira District of the Aleppo Governorate, located southeast of Aleppo close to Sabkhat al-Jabbul.^[2] Nearby localities include Tell Hasel, al-Nayrab and Tell Shughayb to the northwest and al-Safira to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Aran had a population of 17,767 in the 2004 census.^[1] The town is famous for its grapes, vineyards and gardens. The number of residents of Tell Aran has exceeded 60,000, after a large number of people were displaced from the city of Aleppo due to the civil war.^[3]

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (11 August 2013). "US Condemns Jihadist Attacks on Syrian Kurds". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
^ Le Strange, 1890, p. 542.

[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (11 August 2013). "US Condemns Jihadist Attacks on Syrian Kurds". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

[3] Le Strange, 1890, p. 542.

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