Al-Hadher, Syria

Al-Hadher (Arabic: الحاضر; transliteration: al-Ḥāḍir) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Mount Simeon District of the Aleppo Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hadher had a population of 8,550 in the 2004 census.[1]

Al-Hadher

الحاضر
Town
Al-Hadher
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°59′45″N 37°3′27″E
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictMount Simeon
Subdistrictal-Hadher
Population
 (2004)
  Total8,550
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC1182

It is 4 kilometers east of the ancient town of Qinnasrin (Chalcis ad Belum).[2] It was founded by the Arab tribe of Tanukh as a ḥāḍir (a settlement of sedentarized Bedouin) in the 4th century under Byzantine rule.[3] Al-Hadher served as the headquarters of Jund Qinnasrin, (military district of Qinnasrin).[2]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. Burns 1992, p. 257.
  3. Sauvaget 1971, p. 85.

Bibliography


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