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Menagh منق
Town
MenaghLocation of Menagh in Syria
Coordinates: 36°31′31″N 37°02′52″E / 36.5253°N 37.0478°E / 36.5253; 37.0478
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Azaz
Control	Syrian Interim Government
Population	2,128
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1569

Menagh (Arabic: منق, also spelled Manaq or Manq) is a town near Azaz 16 km North of Aleppo in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria.

Administratively part of Nahiya Azaz, Manaq had a population of 2,128 in the 2004 census. Nearby localities include Azaz to the north, Maraanaz to the northwest, Kaljibrin to the east and Tell Rifaat to the south.

Menagh is located by the Baghdad Railway connecting Aleppo with the Turkish city of Adana, and by the strategic highway 214 to Gaziantep. The Menagh Military Airbase is situated immediately to the west of the village.

History

During the Roman Empire Menagh was a Roman era station of the Roman Province of Syria. It was known as Minnica at this time.

Syrian Civil War

The Siege of Menagh Air Base took place here in 2013. The village was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces on 9 February 2016.

References

1. "More than 200,000 Syrians trapped in Operation "Dawn of Freedom"... Communications cut off in northern Aleppo countryside and fears of massacres against Kurdish citizens" (in Arabic). SOHR. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
2. ^ "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Azaz" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
3. Joseph Emerson Worcester, A Geographical Dictionary, Or Universal Gazetteer (Flagg and Gould, 1817 ) p48.
4. "Syrian Democratic Forces liberate Mengh military airport". Kurdistan24. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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