Al-Nayrab

Al-Nayrab (Arabic: النيرب) is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the city of Aleppo thus becoming part of it as a district.

Al-Nayrab
النيرب
District
Al-Nayrab
Coordinates: 36°10′32″N 37°13′40″E
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictMount Simeon
SubdistrictAleppo
Elevation
393 m (1,289 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)
  Total10,018
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Nayrab is also an important archaeological site, having been excavated in 1926–27 by Augustin-Georges Barrois and Bertrand Carrière.


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