New Aleppo Neighborhood

New Aleppo Neighborhood
حلب الجديدة
Halab al-Jadidah
Neighborhood
New Aleppo Neighborhood
Coordinates: 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.217°N 37.167°E / 36.217; 37.167
Country  Syria
City Aleppo
Elevation 430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (2010 census)
 • Neighborhood 15,000
 • Metro 25,000
 
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

New Aleppo (Halab al-Jadida) is one of the largest neighborhoods in Aleppo city in Syria. It is a residential area has Aleppine's classical buildings, which was built with white stones. New Aleppo is an extension of the city to the west.

Subdivisions

New Aleppo consists of North New Aleppo and the more recently built South New Aleppo. Both parts have several quarters. Two other neighborhoods that are sometimes considered part of New Aleppo are el-Zahraa neighborhood and el-Furqan neighborhood.

North New Aleppo contains:

South New Aleppo contains:

History

Construction of the neighborhood began in the 1980s, but it was not a real suburb because the first buildings were outside the city. In 2000 the state began building an orderly neighborhood. It is now one of the largest neighborhoods in the city, and until nowadays it is expanding such as Menyan "Benyameen" quarter.

Etymology

It was called new Aleppo because it is the latest neighborhood that was built in the city, and its buildings have a lot of differences from those in other neighborhoods. The Aleppo name is maybe from Syriac means: "white city" because it has white stones and its buildings were constructed with stones.

Demographic

Religions

From the first construction in the neighborhood until now, most of its people have been Muslims, with some Christian families.

Mosques

There are a number of huge mosques, such as:

Ethnics

The population is 94% Arabs, 5% Kurds and 1% other or unknown ethnicity.

Languages

The people in New Aleppo speak North Syrian Arabic in Aleppine tone, which has a big difference from Arabic. Also Kurds can speak Kurdish language as well as Arabic, French and English is a second foreign language as well as Arabic, but some can speak Turkish and German.

Geography and climate

The neighborhood is on a plateau in the west of the city at an elevation between 400 and 460 meters.

It has Mediterranean climate and 80% of precipitation occurs between October and March.

Climate data for New Aleppo Neighborhood
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 8.9
(48)		 11.0
(51.8)		 15.3
(59.5)		 20.7
(69.3)		 26.5
(79.7)		 31.4
(88.5)		 33.5
(92.3)		 34.0
(93.2)		 31.2
(88.2)		 25.5
(77.9)		 17.5
(63.5)		 10.9
(51.6)		 22.2
(71.96)
Average low °C (°F) 1.2
(34.2)		 1.8
(35.2)		 4.5
(40.1)		 8.3
(46.9)		 12.4
(54.3)		 17.0
(62.6)		 19.7
(67.5)		 20.0
(68)		 17.0
(62.6)		 11.9
(53.4)		 6.4
(43.5)		 2.8
(37)		 10.25
(50.44)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 92
(3.62)		 84
(3.31)		 64
(2.52)		 45
(1.77)		 23
(0.91)		 4
(0.16)		 0
(0)		 1
(0.04)		 4
(0.16)		 27
(1.06)		 45
(1.77)		 91
(3.58)		 480
(18.9)
Average rainy days 14 13 10 7 4 1 0 0 1 4 7 13 74
Average snowy days 1.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 2
Mean monthly sunshine hours 115.9 135.0 193.4 238.0 324.3 371.0 392.5 370.8 297.0 239.9 181.0 122.1 2,980.9
Source: WeatherBase, Climate-data.org.

Services

Schools

There are a number of secondary and primary schools for girls and boys.

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Posts

There is New Aleppo post.

Shops

There are two supermarkets:

There are more than 20 shops such as:

References

External links

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