Kafr Halab (, also spelled Kafar Halab) or Kafr Aleppo is a town in northern
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
, administratively part of the
Atarib District of the
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' ) is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the t ...
, located southwest of
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
. Nearby localities include
Zardana to the west,
Kafr Nuran,
al-Jinah and
Ibbin Samaan to the northwest,
Urum al-Sughra to the north,
al-Bawabiya to the south and
Maarrat al-Ikhwan and
Taftanaz to the southwest. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Halab had a population of 4,136 in the 2004 census.
[
Kafr Halab was visited by Syrian geographer ]Yaqut al-Hamawi
Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) () was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th–13th centuries). He is known for his , an influential work on geography con ...
in the early 13th-century during Ayyubid
The Ayyubid dynasty (), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate of Egyp ...
rule. He described it as "a village belonging to Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
alab"
On 28 November 2024, the settlement was captured by HTS affiliated rebels during their offensive against the Syrian Army.
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{{Aleppo Governorate, atarib
Populated places in Atarib District