Sosyan

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Sosyan
سوسيان
Village
Sosyan is located in Syria
Sosyan
Sosyan
Location of Sosyan in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′06″N 37°26′31″E / 36.435°N 37.4419°E / 36.435; 37.4419
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
Districtal-Bab
Subdistrictal-Bab
Population
 (2004)[1]
1,452
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1187

Sosyan (Arabic: سوسيان) or Susiyan is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located in the Aqil mountains, some 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo and 9 km (5.6 mi) northwest of al-Bab, it is administratively part of Nahiya al-Bab of al-Bab District. Nearby localities include Hezwan 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southwest and Qubbet Elsheikh 7 km (4.3 mi) to the northeast. In the 2004 census, Sosyan had a population of 1,452.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Bab" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.