Idlib
Idlib
إِدْلِب | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Typical grove in one of the valleys surrounding Idlib. | |
  Idlib Location of Idlib within Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°56′N 36°38′E / 35.933°N 36.633°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Idlib |
| Subdistrict | Idlib |
| Control | Syrian Salvation Government |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Atef Ghanem al-Naddaf |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Population (2010 census[1]) | |
| • Total | 165,000 |
| Demonym(s) | English: Idlibian Arabic: إدلبي, romanized: Idlibi |
| Area code(s) | 23 |
| Geocode | C3871 |
| Climate | Csa |
| Website | eIdleb |
Idlib (Arabic: إِدْلِب, romanized: ʾIdlib, also spelt Edlib or Idleb) is a city in northwestern Syria, and is the capital of the Idlib Governorate. It has an elevation of nearly 500 meters (1,600 ft) above sea level, and is 59 kilometers (37 mi) southwest of Aleppo. The city was taken over by Syrian rebel militias at the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, and by 2017 was the seat of the Syrian Salvation Government.
Population[]
In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Idlib had a population of 98,791 and in 2010 the population was around 165,000. The inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslims,[2] although there were a significant Christian minority, but most of them became evacuees.[3] Idlib is divided into six main districts: Ashrafiyeh (the most populous), Hittin, Hejaz, Downtown, Hurriya, and al-Qusur.