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Aleppo was the most populous city in Syria, with a population of 2,132,100 as indicated in the latest official census in 2004 by the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its subdistrict consisted of 23 localities with a collective population of 2,181,061 in 2004. [177]
The country of Syria is administratively subdivided into 14 governorates, which are sub-divided into 65 districts, which are further divided into 284 sub-districts. [1] Each of the governorates and districts has its own centre or capital city, except for Rif Dimashq Governorate and Markaz Rif Dimashq district.
It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the total population of Syria. The governorate is the fifth in area with an area of 18,482 km 2 (7,136 sq mi), [1] or 18,498 km 2, [2] about 10% of the total area of Syria. The capital is the city of Aleppo.
The Northern Syrian Provinces, or Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia, were territories of historical and Ottoman Syria that were annexed by Turkiye following World War 1. In 1921, the Ankara Agreement was finalised between France and the Turkish national government, in which, in exchange for Turkey's recognition of the French mandate over Syria ...
Manbij (Arabic: مَنْبِج, romanized: Manbiǧ; [2] Kurdish: مەنبج, romanized: Minbic; [3] [4] Turkish: Münbiç, Menbic, or Menbiç [5]) is a city in the northeast of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of the Euphrates. The 2004 census gives its population as nearly 100,000. [1]
4.1 Location map templates. 4.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Syria Aleppo. 6 languages.
Syrian opposition forces have taken control of much of the country’s second-largest city Aleppo after a lightning advance that killed dozens of government soldiers in a major challenge to ...
The Ancient City of Aleppo (Arabic: مدينة حلب القديمة, romanized: Madīnat Ḥalab al-Qadīma) is the historic city centre of Aleppo, Syria. Prior to the Syrian Civil War, many districts of the ancient city remained essentially unchanged since they were initially constructed between the 11th and 16th centuries. Being subjected to ...