Hawar Kilis

Hawar Kilis

حوار كلس
*Havar Kilis*
*Havar*^[1]
Hawar Kilis حوار كلس Havar Kilis; Havar;
Village
	Hawar Kilis Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 36°39′30.96″N 37°12′46.08″E / 36.6586000°N 37.2128000°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Sawran
Control	Turkey; Syrian Interim Government
Elevation	560 m (1,840 ft)
Population (2004) Census
• Total	438
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
Geocode	C1661

Hawar Kilis (Arabic: حوار كلس, romanized: Ḥiwār Kalas, Turkish: Havar Kilis or Havar^[1]), alternatively spelled Hiwar Kalas, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located between Azaz and Al-Rai, on the Queiq Plain, some 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, and just 2 km (1.2 mi) south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis.

The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Zayzafun 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west and Baraghida 3 km (1.9 mi) to the south.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Hawar Kilis had a population of 438.^[2] The village is inhabited by Turkmen.^[3] In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Hawar as a Turkish village of 10 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri (in Turkish) — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 13 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95. Retrieved 30 November 2022.