Jalamah, Afrin

Jalamah
جلمة
Town
Jalamah
Jalamah is located in Syria
Jalamah
Jalamah
Coordinates: 36°21′26″N 36°46′13″E / 36.35722°N 36.77028°E / 36.35722; 36.77028
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo Governorate
DistrictAfrin District
SubdistrictJindires
Control Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Jalamah, also spelled as Djélémé or Jalmé (Arabic: جلمة) is a town in northern Syria situated in Afrin District. It is located on the southern edge of the Afrin plain, 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest by road from Aleppo and 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Afrin. Nearby localities include Jindires to the northwest, Askê to the east and Afrin to the northeast. The village is inhabited by Turkmen.[1] On March 11, 2018, the town came under the control of the Syrian National Army.[2]

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  1. ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2023.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Arab news".