Al-Krum, Azaz

Al-Krum الكروم
Village
Al-Krum Location of Al-Krum in Syria
Coordinates: 36°39′05″N 37°02′45″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Azaz
Population  (2004)[1]	252
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1565

Al-Krum (Arabic: الكروم), formerly Yazibagh,^[2] (Turkish: Yazıbağ) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the northern side Mount Barsa, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Azaz, 45 km (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, and less than 0.5 km (0.31 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.

The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Ma'arin at the opposite side of Mount Barsa, 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south, and al-Salameh 5 km (3.1 mi) to the southeast.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Al-Krum had a population of 252.^[1]

The village has a mixed community of Turkmens, Arabs, and Kurds.^[3] In late 19th century, German traveler Martin Hartmann noted Yazibagh as a mixed Turkish and Kurdish village, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.^[2]

References

1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Azaz" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
2. Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
3. "İhh'den Burseya Dağı'ndaki Suriyelilere Yardım". haberler.com. Retrieved 28 May 2022.