Tell Abyad

Tell Abyad
تَلّ أَبْيَض
Town
Tell Abyad, 2009
Tell Abyad, 2009
Tell Abyad is located in Syria
Tell Abyad
Tell Abyad
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 36°41′51″N 38°57′24″E / 36.69750°N 38.95667°E / 36.69750; 38.95667
Country Syria
GovernorateRaqqa
DistrictTell Abyad
SubdistrictTell Abyad
Control Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Town
14,825
 • Nahiyah
44,671
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
P-Code
C5792
GeocodeSY110200

Tell Abyad[a] is a town in northern Syria. It is the administrative center of the Tell Abyad District within the Raqqa Governorate. Located along the Balikh River, it constitutes a divided city with the bordering city of Akçakale in Turkey.

  1. ^ "General Census of Population and Housing 2004: Tell Abyad nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "Syria: 2004 census data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.


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