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Bahwartah

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Bahvarta[1] (Turkish: Bahvarta, Arabic: بحوارتا, romanizedBāḩwārtā) or Bahwartah (Arabic: بحروتة, romanizedBaḩwartah, also spelled Bhorta or Bahirta) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the Queiq Plain, between Sawran and Çobanbey (al-Rai), about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo, and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis.

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Shuwayrin 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest, and Ziadiyah 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Bahwartah had a population of 754.[2] Its inhabitants are mainly of Turkish ethnicity and background.

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