Menagh

Menagh
منق
Town
Menagh is located in Syria
Menagh
Menagh
Location of Menagh in Syria
Coordinates: 36°31′31″N 37°02′52″E / 36.5253°N 37.0478°E / 36.5253; 37.0478
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictAzaz
Population
 (2004)[1]
2,128
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1569

Menagh (Arabic: منق, also spelled Manaq or Manq) is a town near Azaz 16 km North of Aleppo in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria.

Administratively part of Nahiya Azaz, Manaq had a population of 2,128 in the 2004 census.[1] Nearby localities include Azaz to the north, Maraanaz to the northwest, Kaljibrin to the east and Tell Rifaat to the south.

Menagh is located by the Baghdad Railway connecting Aleppo with the Turkish city of Adana, and by the strategic highway 214 to Gaziantep. The Menagh Military Airbase is situated immediately to the west of the village.

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Azaz" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.