Al-Nayrab () is a town in

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, to the south-east of the city of

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in northern

. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the city of Aleppo thus becoming part of it as a district. Al-Nayrab is also an important archaeological site, having been excavated in 1926–27 by Augustin-Georges Barrois and Bertrand Carrière.

Etymology

Nayrab or Neyrab is the Syriac word for a flat land or water through the valley.

History

Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas, the

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governor of

Bilad al-Sham Bilad al-Sham (), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates. It roughly corresponded with the Byzantine Diocese of the East, con ...

(

), built the Bttiyas Palace on the hill of Nayrab. Al-Nayrab was a village southeast of

, with the urbanization of the city have been included Nayrab. And is not located only 10 kilometers from the city center and the fact that the land was lying established by the French military airport, and after the independence was that the airport expansion to include airport and other civilian and military is known as

Nayrab Airport Al-Nayrab () is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the city of Aleppo thus becoming part of it as a district. Al-Nayrab is also an importan ...

and has turned his name now to

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. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Jamal had a population of 10,018 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. After the 1948 war, Palestinians migrated to the neighboring countries which have been receiving several thousand of them and landed in the barracks near the airport that had been brought by the French army to its soldiers and called the place then

Al-Nayrab camp Neirab camp or Al-Nayrab camp is a Palestinian refugee camp that was set up near the village of Al-Neirab, 13 km from Aleppo, Syria. It was created in 1948–1950 following the Nakba. It is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, with a r ...

for Palestinians refugees.

Economy

The plains of Nayrab are fertile plains where various types of vegetables are grown, in particular

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and

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, and

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, domestically known as "Ward Al-Jouri", which is the first product of Nayrab and exported to several countries where they are used in the manufacture of

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s and is essentially in the installation of some medicines, foods and beverages.

Bibliography

* Augustin-Georges Barrois and B. Carrière, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem effectuées à Neirab du 24 septembre au 5 novembre 1926'', pages 126-142, dans ''Syria'', 1927, volume 8, No.
(''online'')
* Augustin-Georges Barrois and B. Carrière, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem, effectuées à Neirab du 24 septembre au 5 novembre 1926'', pages 201-212, dans ''Syria'', 1927, volume 8, No.
(''online'')
* Augustin-Georges Barrois and M. Abel, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem , effectuées à Neirab du 12 septembre au 6 novembre 1927'', pages 187-206, dans ''Syria'', 1928, volume 9, No.
(''online'')
* Augustin-Georges Barrois and M. Abel, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem , effectuées à Neirab du 12 septembre au 6 novembre 1927'', pages 303-319, dans ''Syria'', 1928, volume 9, No.
(''online'')

References

External links

Nayrab Web Site on the Internet
only in Arabic)
Neirab
articles from

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