Sijaraz

Sijraz سيجراز
Village
Sijraz Location of Sijraz in Syria
Coordinates: 36°34′27″N 37°00′49″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Azaz
Population  (2004)[1]	735
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1556

Sijraz (Arabic: سيجراز) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the western edge of the Queiq Plain, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of Azaz, 40 km (25 mi) north of the city of Aleppo. The Baghdad Railway passes by.

The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Maraanaz 3 km (1.9 mi) to the south, and Qatma 4 km (2.5 mi) further to the west, in the Kurd-Dagh mountains. In the 2004 census, Sijraz had a population of 735.^[1]

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.