Kafr Halab
| Kafr Halab كفر حلب | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Kafr Halab | |
| Coordinates: 36°03′52″N 36°52′15″E / 36.06444°N 36.87083°E | |
| Country |
 Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Atarib |
| Subdistrict | Atarib |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,136 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Kafr Halab (Arabic: كفر حلب, also spelled Kafar Halab) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Atarib District of the Aleppo Governorate, located southwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Zardana to the west, Kafr Nuran, al-Jinah and Ibbin Samaan to the northwest, Urum al-Sughra to the north, al-Bawabiya to the south and Maarrat al-Ikhwan and Taftanaz to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Halab had a population of 4,136 in the 2004 census.[1]
Kafr Halab was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century during Ayyubid rule. He described it as "a village belonging to Aleppo [Halab]."[2]
During the current Syrian uprising, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed three people in Kafr Halab were killed by unidentified assailants on 9 August 2012.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p. 447.
- ↑ Syrian army launches ground operation in Aleppo. Xinhua. 2012-08-09.
Bibliography
- le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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