Shuyukh Tahtani (Arabic: شيوخ تحتاني, lit.'Lower Shuyukh'; Kurdish: Şexlêr Jur) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate. Its inhabitants are Kurdish and Arab.[2]

Shuyukh Tahtani is the administrative center of Nahiya Shuyukh Tahtani of the Ayn al-Arab District.

Located on the eastern banks of river Euphrates, behind the wetlands of the Shuyukh Plain, the town has a population of 4,338, as per the 2004 census, and is administrative center of Nahiya Shuyukh Tahtani.[1] Some 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north, a road bridge used to connect its larger twin town Shuyukh Fawqani to Jarabulus and the city of Manbij on the western side of Euphrates river.

References

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Shuyukh Tahtani" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Özkizilcik, Ömer (10 January 2025). "To help build the new Syria, the US needs to better understand the Kurds and Arabs of the northeast". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
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