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Halab

Aleppo
ﺣﻠﺐ
Ḥalab
City
 Ancient City of AleppoAleppo Citadel • The entrance to al-Madina SouqGreat Mosque of Aleppo • Baron HotelSaint Elias Cathedral • Queiq RiverPanorama of Aleppo at night
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Nickname(s): Al-Shahbaa
Aleppo is located in Syria
Aleppo
Aleppo
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.217°N 37.167°E / 36.217; 37.167
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo Governorate
District Mount Simeon (Jabal Semaan)
First settled 5000 BC
First city council 1868
Government
 • Mayor Ayman Hallaq
Area
 • Total 190 km2 (70 sq mi)
Elevation 379 m (1,243 ft)
Population 2017 estimate
 • Total 1,800,000
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) Country code: 963
City code: 21
Denomym Arabic: حلبي Ḥalabi‎‎
English: Aleppan

Sources: Aleppo city area Sources: City population

Official name Ancient City of Aleppo
Type Cultural
Criteria iii, iv
Designated 1986 (10th session)
Reference no. 21
State Party Syria
Region Arab States

Sources: Aleppo city area Sources: City population

Aleppo (/əˈlɛp/; Arabic: ﺣﻠﺐ‎‎ / ALA-LC: Ḥalab, IPA: [ˈħalab]) is a city in Syria, serving as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,132,100 (2004 census), Aleppo was the largest Syrian city before the Syrian Civil War; however, now Aleppo is likely the second-largest city in Syria after the capital Damascus.

Aleppo is an ancient city, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it may have been inhabited since the 6th millennium BC. Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell al-Ansari, just south of the old city of Aleppo, show that the area was occupied by Amorites since at least the latter part of the 3rd millennium BC; and this is also when Aleppo is first mentioned in cuneiform tablets unearthed in Ebla and Mesopotamia, in which it is a part of the Amorite state of Yamhad, and noted for its commercial and military proficiency. Such a long history is attributed to its strategic location as a trading center midway between the Mediterranean Sea and Mesopotamia (i.e. modern Iraq).


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