Al-Hadher
الحاضر | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 35°59′45″N 37°3′27″E / 35.99583°N 37.05750°E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 |
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]
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]