Bel, Syria


Bel is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway between Azaz and al-Rai, some north of the city of Aleppo and south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis, the village administratively belongs to Sawran, [Aleppo">Sawran, Aleppo Governorate">Sawran, [Aleppo Governorate|Nahiya Sawran] in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Sawran to the southeast and Kafr Ghan to the north.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Bel had a population of 563. The village is inhabited by Turkmen. In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Bel as a Turkish village of 15 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.