Ka'ibah

Ka'ibah
كعيبة
Village
Ka'ibah

Location of Ka'ibah in Syria

Coordinates: 36°32′27″N 37°24′59″E / 36.5408°N 37.4164°E / 36.5408; 37.4164Coordinates: 36°32′27″N 37°24′59″E / 36.5408°N 37.4164°E / 36.5408; 37.4164
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Azaz
Subdistrict Akhtarin
Boroughs Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Elevation 492 m (1,614 ft)
Population (2004)[1] 572
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Geocode C1609

Ka'ibah (Arabic: كعيبة, translit. Ka‘ībah) also spelled Kaeebeh, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated on the eastern edge of the Queiq Plain, where the Aqil mountains begin, it is located between Akhtarin and al-Rai, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo, and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Ghurur 4 km (2.5 mi) to the west, and al-Burj 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast, in the northern Aqil mountains. In the 2004 census, Ka'ibah had a population of 572.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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