al-Salameh السلامة | |
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Village | |
  al-Salameh Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:36°37′08″N37°04′30″E / 36.6189°N 37.075°E /36.6189; 37.075 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Azaz |
| Subdistrict | Azaz |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 1,408 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1561 |
al-Salameh (Arabic:السلامة,romanized: al-Salāmah), originallySuji (Turkish:Sucu) is a village in northernAleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on theQueiq Plain, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast ofAzaz, 40 km (25 mi) north of the city ofAleppo, and 2 km (1.2 mi) south of the Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing to the Turkish province ofKilis. The village is inhabited byTurkmen.[2][3]
The village administratively belongs toNahiya Azaz inAzaz District. Nearby localities includeNayarah 3 km (1.9 mi) to the east, andShamarikh 5 km (3.1 mi) to the northeast. In the 2004 census, Bab al-Salameh had a population of 1,408.[1]
TravelerMartin Hartmann noted the village as aTurkoman village in the late 19th century.[4]
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