Khan Tuman

This article is about the village. For the caravanserai with the same name, see Khan Tuman (building). For the operation, see Khan Tuman (operation).

Khan Tuman (Arabic: خان طومان) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Mount Simeon District of Aleppo Governorate, located southwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Urum al-Kubrah, Urum al-Sughrah, al-Shaykh Ali and al-Zurbah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Khan Tuman had a population of 2,781 in the 2004 census.^[1] The village is built on a hill located just east of the Queiq River. It is known for its historical caravanserai which dates back to 1189.^[2][3]

Khan Tuman خان طومان
Village
Khan Tuman
Coordinates: 36°7′3″N 37°3′3″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo Governorate
District	Mount Simeon District
Nahiyah	Mount Simeon Subdistrict
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	2,781
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

See also

• Khan Tuman (building)
• Khan Tuman (operation)

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Walpole, 1820, p. 329.
3. Tuman Khan Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine Archnet Digital Library.

Bibliography

• Walpole, Robert (1820). Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey , and other countries of the east, ed. from manuscript journals. 2. ed. Longman.