Tel Rifaat
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Tell Rifaat تل رفعت |
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 Tell Rifaat
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| Coordinates: 36°28′24″N 37°05′50″E / 36.4733°N 37.0972°ECoordinates: 36°28′24″N 37°05′50″E / 36.4733°N 37.0972°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Azaz |
| Subdistrict | Tell Rifaat |
| Elevation | 457 m (1,499 ft) |
| Population (2004) | 20,514 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Geocode | C1621 |
Tell Rifaat (Arabic: تل رفعت, also spelled Tel Rifaat, Tel Rif'at or Tal Rifaat) is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located roughly 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Aleppo, the town is the administrative center of Nahiya Tell Rifaat. Nearby localities include A'zaz to the north, Mare' to the east, Kafr Naya to the south, Deir Jamal and Aqiba to the southwest and Ibbin Samaan to the west. In the 2004 census, Tell Rifaat had a population of 20,514.
During the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Tell Rifaat was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces on 16 February 2016 and subsequently incorporated into the administration of Shahba region within the Federation of Northern Syria - Rojava framework. During the fight, all three health facilities of the town were damaged by missiles.
Tell Rifaat has been inhabited since the Iron Age when it was known as "Arpad." It became the capital of the north Syrian Aramaean state of Bit Agusi established by Gus of Yahan in the 9th-century BCE.Bit Agusi stretched from the A'zaz area in the north to Hamath in the south.
Arpad later became a major vassal city of the Kingdom of Urartu. In 743 BCE, during the Urartu-Assyria War, the Neo-Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser II laid siege to Arpad following the defeat of the Urartuan army of Sarduri II at Samsat. The siege ended with the Assyrian capture of the city in 743 BCE. Afterward Arpad served a provincial capital. The remains of Arpad's walls are still preserved in Tell Rifaat to the height of 8 meters.
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