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Village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Aqîbê عقيبة
Village
Aqîbê is located in SyriaAqîbêAqîbê
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 km (2 sq mi)
 • Land6 km (2 sq mi)
 • Water0 km (0 sq mi)  0%
Population
 • 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 Baselhaya to the northwest, Ibbin, Deir Jamal and Tell Rifaat to the northeast, Nubl to the south, Barad to the southwest and Kimar to the west. According to the Rojava Central Bureau of Statistics, Aqîbê had a population of 5600 in the 2015 census. Aqîbê has been under Kurdish control since March 2013.

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2023)

On 13 June 2023, 3 Syrian soldiers were killed by a Turkish drone strike on Syrian military positions in the vicinity of the village.

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2015.According to the Rojava Central Bureau of Statistics. Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. عبدو علي, محمد (2014). جبال الكرد: دراسة جغرافية شاملة (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Afrin. p. 186.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. اجتماع لحزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي في قرية عقيبة Hawar News, 2 March 2013 (in Arabic)
  4. "Arm*ed drone targets Russian base | Three regime soldiers kil*led by Turkish shel*ling in Aleppo". SOHR. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
Aleppo Governorate
Capital: Aleppo
Mount Simeon District
Mount Simeon Subdistrict
Tell ad-Daman‎ Subdistrict
Haritan Subdistrict
Darat Izza Subdistrict
al-Hadher Subdistrict
al-Zirbah Subdistrict
Zammar Subdistrict
Aleppo Governorate within Syria
Aleppo Governorate
Azaz District
Azaz Subdistrict
Akhtarin Subdistrict
Tell Rifaat Subdistrict
Mare' Subdistrict
Nubl Subdistrict
Sawran Subdistrict
Afrin District
Afrin Subdistrict
Bulbul Subdistrict
Jandairis Subdistrict
Maabatli Subdistrict
Rajo Subdistrict
Sharran Subdistrict
Shaykh al-Hadid Subdistrict
Atarib District
Atarib Subdistrict
Ibbin Samaan Subdistrict
Urum al-Kubra Subdistrict
Ayn al-Arab District
Ayn al-Arab Subdistrict
al-Jalbiyah Subdistrict
Sarrin Subdistrict
Shuyukh Tahtani Subdistrict
Al-Bab District
Al-Bab Subdistrict
Arima Subdistrict
Al-Rai Subdistrict
Tadef Subdistrict
Dayr Hafir District
Dayr Hafir Subdistrict
Kuweires Sharqi Subdistrict
Rasm Harmil al-Imam Subdistrict
Jarabulus District
Jarabulus Subdistrict
Ghandoura Subdistrict
Manbij District
Manbij Subdistrict
Abu Kahf Subdistrict
Abu Qilqil Subdistrict
Al-Khafsah Subdistrict
Maskanah Subdistrict
As-Safira District
As-Safira Subdistrict
Banan Subdistrict
al-Hajib Subdistrict
Khanasir Subdistrict
Tell Aran Subdistrict


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