Gavur Elli غافراللي Ghandoura ( غندورة ) |
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Location of Gavur Elli in Syria | |
Coordinates: 36°40′10″N 37°43′57″E / 36.6694°N 37.7325°ECoordinates: 36°40′10″N 37°43′57″E / 36.6694°N 37.7325°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Aleppo |
District | Jarabulus |
Subdistrict | Ghandoura |
Population (2004) | 1,658 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Geocode | C2250 |
Gavur Elli (Turkish: Gavur Elli, Arabic: غافراللي, translit. Gāvūr Allī) or Ghandoura (Arabic: غندورة, translit. Gandūra) is a small town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Administrative center of Nahiya Ghandoura in Jarabulus District, the town has a population of 1,658 as per the 2004 census. It is located midway between Çobanbey (al-Rai) and Jarabulus, at the northern banks of Sajur River, some 4 km (2.5 mi) south east of the Sajur Dam.
On 28 July 2016, US airstrikes killed at least 28 civilians, mostly women and including seven children in Ghandoura.