Oqayba

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Aqîbê
عقيبة
Village
Aqîbê is located in Syria
Aqîbê
Aqîbê
Coordinates: 36°26′19″N 36°58′2″E / 36.43861°N 36.96722°E / 36.43861; 36.96722
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo Governorate
DistrictAfrin District
SubdistrictAfrin
Government
 • Typemunicipal council
Area
 • Total6 km2 (2 sq mi)
 • Land6 km2 (2 sq mi)
 • Water0 km2 (0 sq mi)  0%
Population
 (2015 census)[1]
 • Total5,600
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Aqîbê (Arabic: عقيبة of Oqayba, also spelled Aqiba, Akibah or Agiba) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Afrin and to the northwest, , Deir Jamal and Tell Rifaat to the northeast, Nubl to the south, Barad to the southwest and Kimar to the west. According to the , Aqîbê had a population of 5600 in the 2015 census.[1] Aqîbê has been under Kurdish control since March 2013.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2015[dead link].According to the . Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ اجتماع لحزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي في قرية عقيبة Hawar News, 2 March 2013 (in Arabic)


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