Al-Bab

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Al Bab (Arabic: الباب‎, transliteration: al-Bāb) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. Al Bab is located northeast of Aleppo and has an area of 30 km². Al Bab has an altitude of 471 meters. It has a population of 144,705 as of 2007, making it the 8th largest city per geographical entity in Syria. The majority of the city's population is Sunni Muslim.

Coordinates: 36°22′21N, 37°31′4E