Maskanah

Maskanah (Arabic: مَسْكَنَة), also spelled Meskene, is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Manbij District of the Aleppo Governorate.

The town is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Aleppo on the Lake Assad part of the Euphrates.

Nearby localities include Dayr Hafir, Humaymah Kabirah and Tell Ayoub to the northwest and al-Thawrah to the southeast.

[5] The cultivable lands of the Aleppo Vilayet, including Maskanah, were confiscated in 1876 by Sultan Abdulhamid II as his own personal property.

[3] The town lies on the left bank of the Euphrates in an area where the river bends eastwards due to a Pleistocene terrace.

[3] Maskanah lies on the border between the Syrian Desert to the south, and the northern fertile Manbij Plain.

Maskanah is the administrative center of Nahiya Maskanah of the Manbij District .