Places · town
Ras al-Ayn
Major deportation transit camp 1915-16.
36.8520, 40.0670
Place context
Baseline place context
Ras al-Ayn is recorded as a town. Alternate names and historical labels: Major deportation transit camp 1915-16.. Coordinates are 36.852, 40.067.
No demographic observation is attached yet. Linked events include Aleppo-Deir ez-Zor death marches and camps.
This baseline note identifies why the place exists in the atlas and should be replaced by a richer treatment of settlement, administrative history, demographic change, and connected events. editorial
Events located here
| Year | Event | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Aleppo-Deir ez-Zor death marches and camps | massacre |