Al-Hadher الحاضر | |
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Town | |
  Al-Hadher Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°59′45″N37°3′27″E / 35.99583°N 37.05750°E /35.99583; 37.05750 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Mount Simeon |
| Subdistrict | al-Hadher |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 8,550 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C1182 |
Al-Hadher (Arabic:الحاضر; transliteration:al-Ḥāḍir) is a village in northernSyria, administratively part of theMount Simeon District of theAleppo Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hadher had a population of 8,550 in the 2004 census.[1]
It is 4 kilometers east of the ancient town ofQinnasrin (Chalcis ad Belum).[2] It was founded by theArab tribe ofTanukh as aḥāḍir (a settlement of sedentarizedBedouin) in the 4th century underByzantine rule.[3] Al-Hadher served as the headquarters ofJund Qinnasrin, (military district of Qinnasrin).[2]
On 8 August 2012, theFree Syrian Army captured al-Hadher.[4]
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