Haji Kusa
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Haji Kusa حاجي كوسة | |
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Village | |
  Haji Kusa Location of Haji Kusa in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°33′20″N 37°38′20″E / 36.55556°N 37.63889°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | al-Bab |
| Subdistrict | al-Rai |
| Control |  Turkey Syrian Interim Government |
| Population (2004)[1] | 1,011 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1253 |
Haji Kusa (Arabic: حاجي كوسة; Turkish: Hacı Köse, lit. 'beardless pilgrim') is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. It is located in a sparsely populated area, some 18 km (11 mi) east of al-Rai, 22 km (14 mi) northeast of al-Bab and 27 km (17 mi) west of Manbij. Administratively part of Nahiya al-Rai in al-Bab District, the village is inhabited by Turkmen[2] and had a population of 1,011 as per the 2004 census.[1] On 12 November 2016, Haji Kusa was captured by the Syrian National Army from ISIS.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Rai" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Syria Euphrates Shield 3 Short brief". 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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