Mare' مارع |
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Coordinates: 36°28′57″N 37°11′50″E / 36.4825°N 37.19722°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Aleppo Governorate |
District | A'zaz District |
Nahiyah | Mare' |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 16,904 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Mare' (Arabic: مارع, also spelled Marea) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located 25 kilometers north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat to the west, A'zaz to the northwest and al-Bab to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 16,904 in the 2004 census.[1]
Mare' has been affected by the ongoing Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad. The Ibn Walid brigade of the opposition Free Syrian Army was formed in the town in August 2012.[2]
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A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.
In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old, but the word can also be used for other female equine animals, particularly mules and zebras, though a female donkey is usually called a "jenny." A broodmare is a mare used for breeding. A horse's female parent is known as its dam.
An uncastrated adult male horse is called a stallion and a castrated male is a gelding. Occasionally the term "horse" is used in a restrictive sense to designate only a male horse.
Mares carry their young (called foals) for approximately 11 months from conception to birth. (Average range 320–370 days.) Usually just one young is born; twins are rare. When a domesticated mare foals, she nurses the foal for at least four to six months before it is weaned, though mares in the wild may allow a foal to nurse for up to a year.
Mareš (feminine Marešová) is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include: