Nayarah


Nayarah, alternatively spelled Niyarah, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located at 37.14439 36.43264 on the Queiq Plain, northeast of Azaz, north of the city of Aleppo, and south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis.
The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include al-Salameh to the west and Tatiyah to the north. In the 2004 census, Nayarah had a population of 1,337.
During the Roman Empire Nayarah/Nijar was a civitas of the Roman Province of Syria, known as Niara.