Shuyukh Tahtani
Shuyukh Tahtani
شيوخ تحتاني Şexlêr Jur | |
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Town | |
| Coordinates: 36°45′07″N 38°03′46″E / 36.7519°N 38.0628°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Ayn al-Arab |
| Subdistrict | Shuyukh Tahtani |
| Population (2004) | 4,338 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C2007 |
Shuyukh Tahtani (Arabic: شيوخ تحتاني, lit. 'Lower Shuyukh'; Kurdish: Şexlêr Jur) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate. Its inhabitants are Kurdish and Arab.
Located on the eastern banks of river Euphrates, behind the wetlands of the Shuyukh Plain, the town has a population of 4,338, as per the 2004 census, and is administrative center of Nahiya Shuyukh Tahtani. Some 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north, a road bridge used to connect its larger twin town Shuyukh Fawqani to Jarabulus and the city of Manbij on the western side of Euphrates river.