Kafr Halab

Kafr Halab كفر حلب
Village
Kafr Halab Location of Kafr Halab in Syria
Coordinates: 36°03′52″N 36°52′15″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Atarib
Subdistrict	Urum al-Kubrah
Population  (2004)[1]	4,136
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Kafr Halab (Arabic: كفر حلب, also spelled Kafar Halab) or Kafr Aleppo 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]

On 28 November 2024, the settlement was captured by HTS affiliated rebels during their offensive against the Syrian Army.^[3]

References

1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Urum al-Kubrah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
2. le Strange, 1890, p. 447.
3. "Kafr-Halab in western Aleppo has reportedly been completely taken over by anti-Assad forces Idlib". Map of Syrian Civil War - Syria news and incidents today - syria.liveuamap.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

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.