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Ma'arrat Nu'man

Maarat al-Numan Subdistrict, Syria

Maarat al-Numan (Maʿarrat an-Nuʿmān), also known as al-Ma'arra, is a city in northwestern Syria, 33 km (21 mi) south of Idlib and 57 km (35 mi) north of Hama, with a population of 58,008 at the time of the 2004 census. In 2017, it was estimated to have a population of 80,000, including several displaced by fighting in neighbouring towns. It is located on the highway between Aleppo and Hama and near the Dead Cities of Bara and Serjilla.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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