Al-Hadher, Syria

Al-Hadher (Arabic: الحاضر; transliteration: al-Ḥāḍir) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Mount Simeon District of the Aleppo Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hadher had a population of 8,550 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Al-Hadher الحاضر
Town
Al-Hadher Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°59′45″N 37°3′27″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Mount Simeon
Subdistrict	al-Hadher
Population  (2004)
• Total	8,550
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C1182

It is 4 kilometers east of the ancient town of Qinnasrin (Chalcis ad Belum).^[2] It was founded by the Arab tribe of Tanukh as a ḥāḍir (a settlement of sedentarized Bedouin) in the 4th century under Byzantine rule.^[3] Al-Hadher served as the headquarters of Jund Qinnasrin, (military district of Qinnasrin).^[2]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
2. Burns 1992, p. 257.
3. Sauvaget 1971, p. 85.

Bibliography

• Burns, Ross (1992). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 9781845119478.
• Sauvaget, J. (1971). "Halab". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 85–90. OCLC 495469525.