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al-Bab
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Al-Bab ( / ALA-LC: al-Bāb, Kurdish: Derî) is a Syrian city, administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. Al-Bab is located northeast of Aleppo, south of the Turkish border, and has an area of . Al-Bab has an altitude of . According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 63,069 in 2004. The population has surged to about 100,000 during the Syrian Civil War.
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Al-Bab is a city in Syria, serving as the capital of al-Bab District. It is situated within the Al-Bab Subdistrict and the Aleppo Governorate. The city has an elevation of 471 meters above sea level and covers an area of 30 square kilometers. Its population is recorded as 144,705. The local time zone is Eastern European Time, corresponding to UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00.
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- Locality
- الباب
- Region
- محافظة حلب
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 130,745
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.type
- City
- Settlement.name
- Al-Bab
- Settlement.native_name
- الْبَاب
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- Bab Biza'ah
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of al-Bab in Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aleppo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- al-Bab
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- al-Bab
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 471
- Settlement.population_total
- 63069
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- الباب
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Al-Bab Subdistrict
- Population
- 144705
- Area
- 30
- Elevation
- 471
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- al-Bab District
- Image
- Ifpo 22352 Syrie du Nord, gouvernorat d'Alep, district d'al-Bab, al-Bab, vue aérienne oblique (cropped).jpg
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- native label
- الباب
- Commons category
- Al-Bab
- P12749
- Teleocichla cinderella
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name
- History
- Syrian Civil War
- Security
- Education
- Climate
- References
- External links
Al-Bab ( / ALA-LC: al-Bāb, Kurdish: Derî) is a Syrian city, administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. Al-Bab is located northeast of Aleppo, south of the Turkish border, and has an area of . Al-Bab has an altitude of . According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 63,069 in 2004. The population has surged to about 100,000 during the Syrian Civil War.
Prior to the Syrian Civil War, al-Bab's inhabitants were composed of a Sunni Arab majority, and a Kurdish minority outside the city center.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “al-Bab” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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