Kafr Kalbin ( ar, كفر كلبين) is a village in northern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, administratively part of the
A'zaz District
Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769.
The district lie ...
of
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen 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 ...
, located northeast of
Aleppo
)), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black".
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. Nearby localities include
A'zaz
Azaz ( ar, أَعْزَاز, ʾAʿzāz) is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 in the 2004 census. to the northwest,
Jarez
Jarez ( ar, جارز, Jārīz, also spelled Jarz; tr, Carıs) is a Turkmen village in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include A'zaz to the west, Kaljibri ...
to northeast and
Kaljibrin
Kaljibrin ( ar, كلجبرين) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northeast of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Menagh to the west, Kafr Kalbin and A'zaz to the northwest, Ja ...
to the southeast.
Demographics
According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Kalbin had a population of 2,146 in the 2004 census.
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Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. Archived a
In late 19th century, traveler
Martin Hartmann
Martin Hartmann (9 December 1851, Breslau – 5 December 1918, Berlin) was a German orientalist, who specialized in Islamic studies.
In 1875, he received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig as a student of Heinrich Leberecht Fleische ...
noted Kafar Kalbin as a settled
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
village of 20 houses.
References
Populated places in Azaz District
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