Tell Abyad

E442196

Tell Abyad is a Syrian border town in the Raqqa Governorate, located on the frontier with Turkey and known for its strategic position and ethnically mixed population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
borderCrossingCountry Turkey NERFINISHED
borderCrossingWith Akçakale NERFINISHED
borderFunction customs and trade gateway between Syria and Turkey
conflict Syrian civil war NERFINISHED
country Syria
governorateCapital Raqqa NERFINISHED
hasAdministrativeRole district center
hasAlternativeTransliteration Tal Abyad NERFINISHED
Tell Abiad NERFINISHED
hasArabicName تل أبيض NERFINISHED
hasClimate semi-arid
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cross-border trade
hasEthnicallyMixedPopulation yes
hasEthnicGroup Arabs NERFINISHED
Armenians NERFINISHED
Assyrians NERFINISHED
Kurds NERFINISHED
Turkmen NERFINISHED
hasMajorRoadConnection road to Akçakale in Turkey
road to Raqqa city
hasNearbyRiver Balikh River NERFINISHED
hasPopulationCharacteristic multiethnic
multilingual
hasStrategicImportanceInConflict control of border supply routes
hasStrategicPosition yes
isBorderCrossingPoint yes
languageSpoken Arabic
Armenian
Kurdish
Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED
Turkmen NERFINISHED
locatedIn Raqqa Governorate NERFINISHED
northern Syria NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInDistrict Tell Abyad District NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Middle East NERFINISHED
northern Raqqa Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedOnBorderWith Turkey NERFINISHED
region Jazira region of Syria NERFINISHED
timezone EET
timezoneDST EEST

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Balikh River nearbyCity Tell Abyad