Qar Kalbin

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Qar Kalbin
قعر كلبين
Village
Qar Kalbin is located in Syria
Qar Kalbin
Qar Kalbin
Location of Qar Kalbin in Syria
Coordinates: 36°30′06″N 37°24′27″E / 36.5017°N 37.4075°E / 36.5017; 37.4075
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictAkhtarin
Control Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Elevation
497 m (1,631 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
618
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1616

Qar Kalbin (Arabic: قعر كلبين, romanizedQa‘r Kalbīn; Kurdish: Qar Kelbîn) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated on the eastern edge of the Queiq Plain, bordering the northern Aqil mountains, it is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Akhtarin, some 35 km (22 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo, and 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Aq Burhan 2 km (1.2 mi) to the west, and Tall Battal 3 km (1.9 mi) in the Aqil mountains. In the 2004 census, Qar Kalbin had a population of 618.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.