Mare'

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Mare'
مارع
Town
Mare' is located in Syria
Mare'
Mare'
Coordinates: 36°28′57″N 37°11′50″E / 36.48250°N 37.19722°E / 36.48250; 37.19722
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo Governorate
District A'zaz District
Nahiyah Mare'
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 16,904
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Mare' (Arabic: مارع‎, also spelled Marea) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Azaz District of the Aleppo Governorate, located 25 kilometers north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Shaykh Issa and Tell Rifaat to the west, A'zaz to the northwest, al-Bab to the southeast, and Maarat Umm Hawsh and Herbel to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 16,904 in the 2004 census.[1] It is the centre of the Mare' nahiyah, which had a population of 39,306 in 2004.

Syrian Civil War[edit]

Mare' has been affected by the ongoing Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad. The Ibn Walid brigade of the opposition Free Syrian Army was formed in the town in August 2012.[2]

As of January 2015, Mare' is controlled by the Islamic Front.[3]

Localities in the Mare' nahiyah[edit]

Towns and villages in the Mare' nahiyah (subdistrict) of Azaz District and their populations:[4]

Locality Population
Alsayed Ali 468
Asanbal 1,003
Fafin 3,183
Harbal / Herbel 3,403
Hissiyeh 753
Hiwar Elnahr 540
Hosniyeh - Hsajek 605
Kafr Elward 937
Maratet Um Hosh / Maarat Umm Hawsh 3,542
Mare' town 16,904
Qaramel 768
Saed - Qlsroj 904
Salhiyeh 689
Tal Madeeq 398
Telqraq / Tell Qarah 2,477
Tlaline / Tilalyan / Talalin 2,123
Wahshiyeh / Washiyah 272

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