Sarmada
Sarmada
سرمدا | |
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| Coordinates: 36°11′N 36°43′E / 36.183°N 36.717°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) |
Sarmada (Arabic: سرمدا) is a town in the Harem District, Idlib Governorate of Syria. It is in the extreme northwest of Syria near the border with Turkey.
A church was consecrated in Sarmada by Patriarch Elias of Antioch in 722 CE. 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.