Turkman Bareh (Arabic: تركمان بارح, romanized: Turkumān Bāriḩ), alternatively spelled Barih, is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. About 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo and about 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Syria's border with Turkey, it is administratively part of Nahiya Akhtarin of Azaz District. Nearby localities include Dabiq 5 km (3.1 mi) to the west and Akhtarin 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south. In the 2004 census, Turkman Bareh had a population of 1,537 with a dominative Syrian Turkmen majority.[1]

Turkman Bareh تركمان بارح
Town
Turkman Bareh Location of Turkman Bareh in Syria
Coordinates: 36°32′32″N 37°19′29″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Akhtarin
Control	Turkey Syrian Interim Government
Elevation	467 m (1,532 ft)
Population  (2004)[1]	1,537
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1605

The town has been in close proximity to sustained fighting in the Syrian civil war.

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