Suluk, Syria

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Suluk
Town and subdistrict
Suluk nahiya within ar-Raqqah Governorate
Suluk nahiya within ar-Raqqah Governorate
Suluk is located in Syria
Suluk
Suluk
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 36°35′57″N 39°07′43″E / 36.5992°N 39.1286°E / 36.5992; 39.1286Coordinates: 36°35′57″N 39°07′43″E / 36.5992°N 39.1286°E / 36.5992; 39.1286
Country  Syria
Governorate Al-Raqqah
District Tell Abyad
Population (2004)
 • Town 7,825[1]
 • Subdistrict 44,131[1]
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
P-Code C5843
Geocode SY110201

Suluk or Saluq is a town and nahiyah within the Tell Abyad District of ar-Raqqah Governorate in Syria. Suluk is close to the border with Turkey.

In June 2015, Suluk was taken over by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in the course of their Tell Abyad offensive.[2]

In the early 13th century, during Ayyubid rule, the medieval geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi noted that Suluk was "a town of Syria".[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Suluk nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015.  Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015. 
  2. ^ Lefteris Pitarakis; Bassem Mrque (June 14, 2015). "Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey amid intense fighting". AP The Big Story. Associated Press. Retrieved June 15, 2015. 
  3. ^ Strange, le, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 530.