Shuyukh Fawqani
شيوخ فوقاني
Şexlêr Jorin
Town
Shuyukh Fawqani is located in Syria
Shuyukh Fawqani
Shuyukh Fawqani
Location of Shuyukh Fawqani in Syria
Coordinates: 36°46′19″N 38°02′41″E / 36.77191°N 38.04475°E / 36.77191; 38.04475
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAyn al-Arab
SubdistrictShuyukh Tahtani
Population
 (2004)[1]
9,303
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC2002

Shuyukh Fawqani (Arabic: شيوخ فوقاني, lit. 'Upper Shuyukh'; Kurdish: Şexlêr Jorin) is a town in northeastern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria.

Located on the eastern banks of river Euphrates, across Jarabulus Tahtani, and some 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Shuyukh Tahtani, the town is the largest settlement of Nahiya Shuyukh Tahtani with 9,303 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census.[1] al-Nasiriyyah Bridge, a modern road bridge, connected the town with both Jarabulus and the city of Manbij, some 30 km (19 mi) to the southwest, until the bridge was destroyed by ISIL in March 2015.

Syrian Civil War

See also: Siege of Kobanî

On 6 March 2015, following the Kurdish retaking of Kobanî, ISIL blew up the western side of al-Nasiriyyah Bridge,[2] a modern road bridge that had previously been damaged by artillery on 10 February 2014.

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. ^ "ISIS destroys part of Jarabulus bridge as battles intensify with Kurds". Zaman Al Wasl. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.


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