Al-Bab
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al-Bab الباب Bab Biza'ah |
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 al-Bab
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| Coordinates: 36°22′21″N 37°31′04″E / 36.3725°N 37.5178°ECoordinates: 36°22′21″N 37°31′04″E / 36.3725°N 37.5178°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | al-Bab |
| Subdistrict | al-Bab |
| Elevation | 471 m (1,545 ft) |
| Population (2004) | 63,069 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Al-Bab (Arabic: الباب / ALA-LC: al-Bāb) is a city, de-jure administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate of the Syrian Arab Republic. As of December 2016, the city came under the control of pro-Turkish militias, as part of the Turkish buffer zone. Al-Bab is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Aleppo, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the Turkish border, and has an area of 30 square kilometres (12 square miles). Al-Bab has an altitude of 471 metres (1,545 feet). According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 63,069 in 2004. Its inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslim Arabs and much more ethnically homogeneous than those of the neighbouring city of Manbij.
Al-Bāb in Arabic means the door. According to Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in 1226, the name is a shortening of Bāb Bizāʻah (the gate to Bizāʻah). Bizāʻah (also Buzāʻah and Bzāʻā) is a town located about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) east of Al-Bāb.
During the Roman Empire, Al-Bab was a civitas of the Roman Province of Syria, known as Batnai. The ruins of that settlement lie on the banks of the wadi 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of the modern town. Roman Batnai should not be confused with the Roman town Batnae about 70 kilometres (43 mi) North east.
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