al-Zayzafun
الزيزفون
Village
al-Zayzafun is located in Syria
al-Zayzafun
al-Zayzafun
Location of al-Zayzafun in Syria
Coordinates: 36°38′59″N 37°10′51″E / 36.6497°N 37.1808°E / 36.6497; 37.1808
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictSawran
Elevation
510 m (1,670 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
820
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1658

Zayzafun (Arabic: الزيزفون, romanized: Zayzafūn), also known as Ikadah (Arabic: ايكدة, romanized: Īkidah; Turkish: İğde[2]), is a village in the northern Aleppo countryside, Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located on the Queiq Plain, between Azaz and Al-Rai, the village is some 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, and just 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the border with the Turkish Province of Kilis.

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Kafr Ghan 2 km (1.2 mi) to the south and Hawar Kilis 3 km (1.9 mi) to the east. In the 2004 census, Zayzafun had a population of 820.[1]

History

In the Syrian civil war, the Ikadah IDP Camp, located 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the village at the border to Turkey, offered shelter to internally displaced persons (IDPs), mostly from the subdistricts of Azaz, Nubl, Tell Rifaat and Mare'.[3] In April 2016, the Ikadah camp was filled with 7,763 IDPs, when an imminent ISIL counter-offensive prompted a complete evacuation of the Ikadah camp and neighboring camps near Shamarin and Harjala.[4] On April 14, rebels retreated from Zayzafun and the neighboring villages down to Kafr Ghan and Baraghida, leaving the remaining rebel forces around Dudyan surrounded by ISIL.[5][6]

Demographics

Ikadah is a Turkmen village.[2][7] In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted the village as a Turkish village of 10 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ a b Türk dünyası araştırmaları. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 6 December 2022. İğde köyü sınırımıza yakın bir Türk köyüdür.
  3. ^ REACH Situation Overview: Displacement from Aleppo Governorate, Syria (PDF) (Report). REACH Initiative. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  4. ^ Situation Overview: Displacement in Northern Aleppo Governorate towards A'zaz (PDF) (Report). REACH Initiative. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. ^ Chris Tomson (14 April 2016). "Rebels flee across Turkish border as ISIS snatches more villages – Map update". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  6. ^ Flash Update Developments in Northwestern Syria (PDF) (Report). UN OCHA. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  7. ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95. Retrieved 30 November 2022. igde 10 T
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