Mare'

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Marea
مارع
Town
Marea is located in Syria
Marea
Marea
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Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo Governorate
District A'zaz District
Nahiyah Mare'
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 16,904
  3000
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Mare' (Arabic: مارع‎‎, also spelled Marea) is a town 25 kilometers north of Aleppo in northern Syria. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of the Mare' nahiyah in the Azaz District of the Aleppo Governorate. Nearby localities include Shaykh Issa and Tell Rifaat to the west, A'zaz to the northwest, Dabiq to the northeast, 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, out of a total population in the Mare' nahiyah of 39,306.[1]

Syrian Civil War

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] The Mare' Operations Room is as well based around the town.

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

As of May 2016 Mare´ is under attack of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. A detailled map of the ongoing changes can be looked up here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Syrian,_Iraqi,_and_Lebanese_insurgencies_detailed_map#Turkman-Bahri

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. Archived at [1]. (Arabic)
  2. As Aleppo battle rages, a new brigade joins the fight. Agence France Press. 2012-08-23.
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