Al-Safira
Also known as Al-Safira City, Al-Safira, Syria, Al-Safira, Aleppo
As-Safira ( / ALA-LC: as-Safīrah; Aleppo dialect: Sfīre) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. It is the administrative center of the as-Safira District. As Safīrah has an altitude of , and a population of 106,382 , making it the 11th largest city per geographical entity in Syria. thumb|250px|left|As-Safira is the administrative center of Nahiya as-Safira and [[as-Safira District.]]
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Place details
- Locality
- السفيرة
- Region
- محافظة حلب
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 63,708
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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8 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Archeological findings
- Syrian civil war
- Geography
- Climate
- Notes
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As-Safira ( / ALA-LC: as-Safīrah; Aleppo dialect: Sfīre) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. It is the administrative center of the as-Safira District. As Safīrah has an altitude of , and a population of 106,382 , making it the 11th largest city per geographical entity in Syria. thumb|250px|left|As-Safira is the administrative center of Nahiya as-Safira and [[as-Safira District.]]
==Name== Medieval geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi spells the name Asfīrah (), not as-Safira (), which indicates that the definite article in the modern spelling is a result of hypercorrection.
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