az-Zahra '(Aleppo)
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الزهراء az-Zahra ' |
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 22 ′ N , 37 ° 1 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
| Aleppo | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | SY-HL | ||
| District | Azaz | ||
| height | 450 m | ||
| Residents | 13,780 (2004) | ||
Az-Zahra ' ( Arabic الزهراء, DMG az-Zahrāʾ 'The Shining One') is a city in northern Syria and part of the Aleppo governorate .
According to the Syrian Bureau of Statistics, az-Zahra 'had 13,780 inhabitants in 2004. Nearby cities are Tall Rifaat , Mayer in the northeast and Anadan in the south, with Nubl in the immediate northwest .
population
The majority of the population are twelve Shiites . Together with the neighboring Nubl, it forms a small Shiite enclave in the predominantly Sunni governorate of Aleppo.
Syrian civil war
From July 2012 on, az-Zahra 'and Nubl were surrounded by the Free Syrian Army (FSA). On February 3, 2016, the siege was ended by an offensive by the Syrian armed forces and Hezbollah , allied with them .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Archived at نتائج تعداد السكان والمساكن لعام 2004 على مستوى المدينة / قرية ( Memento from December 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Arabic)
- ↑ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/Feb-03/335430-hezbollah-syrian-army-break-rebel-siege-of-northern-shiite-towns-nubol-and -zahraa-security-source.ashx
