Ma'arin


Ma'arin is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located north of Azaz at the foot of Mount Barsa, north of the city of Aleppo, and south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.
The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Al-Krum at the opposite side of Mount Barsa, to the north, and Al-Salameh to the east. In the 2004 census, Ma'arin had a population of 334.

Demographics

Ma'arin is a Turkmen village. In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Ma'arin as a Turkish village, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.