Anadan

Anadan عندان ʿAnadān
Anadan Location in Syria
Coordinates: 36°17′37″N 37°2′40″E / 36.29361°N 37.04444°E / 36.29361; 37.04444
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo Governorate
District	Mount Simeon District
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population  (2004)
• Total	11,918
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	21

Anadan (Arabic: عندان) is a city in Syria, 12 kilometers north of Aleppo, located on the Aleppo–Gaziantep international road. It is in the Mount Simeon District of the Aleppo Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Anadan had a population of 11,918 in the 2004 census.^[1]

The town is known for its agriculture produce, such as grain, legumes, olives and different types of fruit. The city of Anadan is built on a hill surrounded by a plain. Anadan currently has about thirteen mosques and several elementary schools, a junior high school and a high school for boys and girls.

During the Ayyubid period, in the 1220s, Anadan was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi who noted it was "a village near Kinnasrin, in the Kurah district of Urtik, of the Awasim Province." The 13th-century Marasid listed it as a village northeast of Aleppo.^[2]