Akhtarin (Arabic: أخترين, romanized: Akhtarīn) is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. The largest town and administrative centre of Nahiya Akhtarin of the A'zaz District has a population of 5,305 in the 2004 census.^[1] Located 38 km (24 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo, nearby localities include Mare' to the southwest, Dabiq to the northwest, and Ziadiyah to the northeast.

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Akhtarin أخترين
Town
Akhtarin Location of Akhtarin in Syria
Coordinates: 36°30′39″N 37°20′09″E / 36.5108°N 37.3358°E / 36.5108; 37.3358
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Akhtarin
Control	Turkey Syrian Interim Government
Elevation	471 m (1,545 ft)
Population  (2004)[1]	5,305
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1581
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1. ^ ^{a b} "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-31. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.

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