title: Shuyukh Tahtani
text: # Shuyukh Tahtani
  
  Shuyukh Tahtani (Arabic: شيوخ تحتاني, lit. 'Lower Shuyukh'; Kurdish: Şexlêr Jur) is an Arab town in northeastern Aleppo Governorate, in Syria
  
  Located on the eastern banks of river Euphrates, behind the wetlands of the Shuyukh Plain, the town has a population of 4,338, as per the 2004 census, and is administrative center of Nahiya Shuyukh Tahtani. Some 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north, a road bridge used to connect its larger twin town Shuyukh Fawqani to Jarabulus and the city of Manbij on the western side of Euphrates river.
  
  