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Marma al Hajar

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Country
  
Syria

District
  
Jarabulus

Elevation
  
329 m (1,079 ft)

Governorate
  
Aleppo

Subdistrict
  
Jarabulus

Population (2004)
  
1,818

Marma al-Hajar

Marma al-Hajar (Arabic: مرمى الحجر‎, Marmā al-Ḥajar‎), alternatively referred to as Dhashtan (Arabic: طاش اوتان‎, Ṭāsh Awtān‎), is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, bordering the Jarabulus Plain's wetlands towards river Euphrates, the village is located 3 km (1.9 mi) to the south of Jarabulus, and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Gaziantep.

With 1,818 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, Marma al-Hajar administratively belongs to Nahiya Jarabulus within Jarabulus District. Nearby localities include al-Jamel 2 km (1.2 mi) to the southeast, and Jarabulus Tahtani 3 km (1.9 mi) to the northeast.

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Marma al-Hajar Wikipedia