al-Bab
Sign in to saveAl-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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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
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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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.