Azaz

Also known as A'zaz, Aazaz, I`zaz, A`zaz, I‘zāz, A‘zāz, I'zaz, A'zāz

thumb|250px|right|Azaz is the administrative center of Nahiya Azaz and the [[Azaz District.]] Azaz () is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 at the 2004 census. , its inhabitants were almost entirely Sunni Muslims, mostly Arabs but also some Turkmen.

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Place details

Locality: أعزاز
Region: محافظة حلب
Country: سوريا
Population: 66,138
Timezone: Asia/Damascus

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Azaz
Settlement.native_name: أَعْزَاز
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Mosque_in_A'zaz.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 180px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aleppo
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Azaz
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Azaz
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Official name: أعزاز
Population: 155965
Elevation: 560
Image: Mosque in A'zaz.jpg

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Commons category: Azaz
native label: أعزاز
P12749: Cranz

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History
Early Islamic period
Crusader period
13th–20th centuries
Syrian civil war
Climate
References
Bibliography

It is historically significant as the site of the Battle of Azaz between the Crusader States and the Seljuk Turks on June 11, 1125. It is close to a Syria–Turkey border crossing, which enters Turkey at Öncüpınar, south of the city of Kilis. It was the capital of the Syrian Interim Government. The pro-Turkish forces' control over the area did not end until the SIG was incorporated into the Syrian caretaker government at the end of January 2025.