Sarmada
Town in Idlib, Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarmada (Arabic: سرمدا) is a town in the Harem District, Idlib Governorate of Syria.[1] It is in the extreme northwest of Syria near the border with Turkey.
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Sarmada
سرمدا | |
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Coordinates: 36°11′N 36°43′E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Idlib |
District | Harem |
Subdistrict | al-Dana |
Population (2007 est.) | |
• Total | 15,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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A church was consecrated in Sarmada by Patriarch Elias of Antioch in 722 CE.[2] It is also the place in which the Battle of Sarmada took place between the Principality of Antioch and the Artukids on June 28, 1119.