Nayarah

Nayarah (نيارة), alternatively spelled Niyarah, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located at 37.14439 36.43264 on the Queiq Plain, 5 km northeast of Azaz, 40 km north of the city of Aleppo, and 4 km south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis.

The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include al-Salameh 3 km to the west and Tatiyah 1.5 km to the north. In the 2004 census, Nayarah had a population of 1,337.

During the Roman Empire Nayarah/Nijar was a civitas of the Roman Province of Syria, known as Niara.

Demographics
In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Nayarah as a Turkish village of 15 households, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.