Jarabulus
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Jarabulus جرابلس Cerablus |
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 Jarabulus
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| Coordinates: 36°49′03″N 38°00′40″E / 36.8175°N 38.0111°ECoordinates: 36°49′03″N 38°00′40″E / 36.8175°N 38.0111°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Jarabulus |
| Subdistrict | Jarabulus |
| Elevation | 367 m (1,204 ft) |
| Population (2004) | 11,570 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Geocode | C2227 |
Jarabulus (Arabic: جرابلس / ALA-LC: Jarābulus; Turkish: Cerablus, North Syrian Arabic: Jrāblos), is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Aleppo Governorate. Jarabulus, also known as Jerablus, lies on the western bank of the river Euphrates. In the 2004 census, the city had a population of 11,570.
Ethnically, the city is composed of Arabs and Turkmens.
It is located north of Lake Assad, just south of the Syrian-Turkish border and the Turkish town of Karkamış.
In the Bronze and Iron Ages, the archaeological site lying just North of Jarabulus (half of which is now in Turkey) was called "Karkemish", in Greek and Roman times the ancient name of the city was "Europos" (Εὐρωπός), which must have been at the origin of the modern form of the toponym Jerabis.
The original 18th century form of the toponym seems to have been "Djerabis", later found however as "Djeraboolos" or "Djerablus", probably deriving from Hierapolis (modern-day Manbij, to the South-West).
Being on the southern side of the Istanbul-Baghdad railway, Jarabulus became a border town with Turkey based on the Treaty of Lausanne in the aftermath of World War I.
Following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, the Syrian opposition took it over along with its border post with Turkey on July 20, 2012. However, since early July 2013, the town has been controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. By January 2014, rebels mainly from the al-Tawhid Brigade engaged in clashes with ISIL and seized the town, but ISIL was able to recapture it within hours.
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