Katma
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قطمة / Qaṭma Katma |
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 36 ′ N , 36 ° 58 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | SY-HL | ||
| height | 620 m | ||
| Residents | 5000 (2006) | ||
.jpg) Katma railway station of the Baghdad Railway
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Katma ( Kurdish : Qitmê ; Arabic قطمة, DMG Qaṭma , also Qatmah ) is a village in northwest Syria near the Turkish border. The place is mostly inhabited by Kurds .
location
Katma is located in the Aleppo governorate at an altitude of 620 meters about 45 kilometers northwest of Aleppo , halfway and a little north of the road between Afrin and Azaz .
population
Katma has around 5000 to 6000 inhabitants (as of 2006), who are predominantly Sunnis and Yazidis . There is a mosque in the village . There are two sacred sites near the village.
economy
Agriculture is the main source of income for the village population. Mainly olives , grain , chickpeas and grapes are grown there, as well as figs , cherries and other types of fruit. Agriculture is almost entirely machine-based. There are many agricultural machinery such as tractors and combine harvesters. It is very important that olives are pressed in the village in their own olive presses. In the village there are several restaurants that offer rooms for weddings etc.
traffic
There is a railway station in the village . It connects Aleppo with the first Turkish city north of the İslahiye border .
education
The illiteracy rate is reduced to a minimum, only old people cannot read and write. The first school in Katma was established in the mid-1940s. At that time there was only one teacher who taught three / four classes. At the moment there is school education up to the 9th grade. The school teaches some 100 students. It is Arabic , English and French taught.
