Sawran, Aleppo Governorate

Sawran
صوران
Town
Sawran is located in Syria
Sawran
Sawran
Location of Sawran in Syria
Coordinates: 36°33′57″N 37°12′46″E / 36.5658°N 37.2128°E / 36.5658; 37.2128
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictSawran
Control Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Elevation
444 m (1,457 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
16,998
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1664

Sawran (Arabic: صوران, romanizedṢawrān), also spelled Suran, Souran or Sawwaran, is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, it is the administrative centre of Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include A'zaz and Kafra to the west, Ihtaimlat and Dabiq to the east and Mare' to the south. In the 2004 census, Sawran had a population of 6,988.[1] The town includes Turkmens.[2]

Sawran is the administrative center of Nahiya Sawran of the Azaz District.
  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Youssef, Houssein (2014). Halep Türkmen Masallarının Propp Metodu Açısından Çözümlenmesi (PDF). Ankara. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)