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About Aleppo
'Halab' redirects here; for other meanings, see Halab (disambiguation).
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Aleppo
حلب |
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Aleppo |
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Location in Syria |
| Coordinates: 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.217°N 37.167°E / 36.217; 37.167 |
| Country |
 Syria |
| Governorate |
Aleppo Governorate |
| District |
Jabal Sam'an |
| Government |
| - Governor |
Tamer Alhajeh |
| Elevation |
390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Population (2008) |
| - Total |
1,671,673 |
| Area code(s) |
21 |
| Website |
eAleppo |
| Ancient City of Aleppo* |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| State Party |
Syria |
| Type |
Cultural |
| Criteria |
iii, iv |
| Reference |
21 |
| Region** |
Arab States |
| Inscription history |
| Inscription |
1986 (10th Session) |
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
** Region as classified by UNESCO. |
Aleppo (Arabic: حلب ['ħalab], 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.217°N 37.167°E / 36.217; 37.167, Turkish: Halep) is a city in northern Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate; the Governorate extends around the city for over 16,000 km² and has a population of 4,393,000, making it the largest Governorate in Syria by population. Aleppo is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world; it knew human settlement since the eleventh millennium B.C. through the residential houses that were discovered in Tell Qaramel. It was known to antiquity as Khalpe, Khalibon, and to the Greeks as Beroea. During the Crusades, and again during the French Mandate, the name Alep was used: "Aleppo" is an Italianised version of this. It occupies a strategic trading point midway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Euphrates. Initially, Aleppo was built on a small group of hills surrounding the prominent hill where the castle is erected. The small river Quwēq (قويق) runs through the city.
The main role of the city was as a trading place, as it sat at the crossroads of two trade routes and mediated the trade from India, the Tigris and Euphrates regions and the route coming from Damascus in the South, which traced the base of the mountains rather than the rugged seacoast. Although trade was often directed away from the city for political reasons, it continued to thrive until the Europeans began to use the Cape route to India and later to utilize the route through Egypt to the Red Sea. Since then the city has declined and its chief exports now are the agricultural products of the surrounding region, mainly wheat, cotton, pistachios, olives, and sheep.
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