Maskanah

Maskanah  /مسكنة Maskanah
Coordinates	35 ° 58 ′  N , 38 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 58 ′  N , 38 ° 2 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
Residents	15,477 (2004)

Maskanah ( Arabic مسكنة) is a city in Syria in the Manbij district of Aleppo Governorate . It is located west of the Tabqa Dam on National Road 4 . In earlier times a Roman long-distance route ran here.

The city is first mentioned by Stephanos of Byzantium , who mentions the city in connection with a campaign by Septimius Severus in the second century against Parthia.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Uzi Leibner: Settlement and History in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Galilee
2. ^ Encyclopaedia of Islam

literature

• N. Elisséeff: Maskana In: Encyclopaedia of Islam , Volume 6, p. 733.