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Bizaah

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Country
  
Syria

District
  
al-Bab

Population (2004)
  
12,718

Governorate
  
Aleppo

Subdistrict
  
al-Bab

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Bizaah

B'zaah (Arabic: بزاعة‎‎) or Bizeaa (Turkish: Bizeaa, Arabic: بيزاعة‎, Beza'āh‎) is a town located 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the city of al-Bab in northern-central Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is administratively part of Nahiya al-Bab in al-Bab District. The town had a population of 12,718 as per the 2004 census.

Map of Bza'a, Syria

During the Roman Empire the town was known as Beselatha, which became Buza'a in the Middle Ages.

During the Syrian Civil War in the summer of 2013 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had a presence in the town and by mid-November 2013, was in full control of the town. By 23 February, Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army and other affiliated rebels captured the town.

References

Bizaah Wikipedia