Haritan (Arabic: حريتان, romanizedḤuraytān, also spelled Huraytan or Hreitan) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Mount Simeon District of the Aleppo Governorate, just northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Ratyan, Bayanoun and Mayer to the north, Anadan, Yaqid al-Adas to the west, Kafr Hamrah to the south and Shaykh Najjar to the east.

Haritan
حريتان
Town
Haritan is located in Syria
Haritan
Haritan
Coordinates: 36°17′13″N 37°05′00″E / 36.287032°N 37.08332°E / 36.287032; 37.08332
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictMount Simeon
SubdistrictHuraytan
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total12,937
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Huraytan is the administrative center of Huraytan Nahiyah of the Jabal Sem‘ān District.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Huraytan had a population of 12,937 in the 2004 census.[1]

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