Ablah ( ar, عبلة, ‘Ablah; ku, Ebla) is a village in northern
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the ...
, northwestern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. Situated in a
wadi
Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...
surrounded by the
Aqil mountains Aqil may refer to:
Given name
* Aqil Agha, semi-autonomous Arab ruler of northern Palestine
* Aqil Hussain Barlas, lawyer and diplomat
* Aqil Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer
* Aqil Davidson,
* Aqil Savik,
* Aqil Yazid,
Surname
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and some northeast of the
Shahba reservoir
Shahba ( ar, شَهْبَا / ALA-LC: ''Shahbā'') is a city located south of Damascus in the Jabal el Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis ( ...
, it is located south of
Akhtarin
Akhtarin ( ar, أخترين, Akhtarīn) is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. The largest town and administrative centre of Nahiya Akhtarin of the A'zaz District has a population of 5,305 in the 2004 census. Located northe ...
and some northeast of the city of
Aleppo
)), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black".
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Administratively the village belongs to
Nahiya Akhtarin
Akhtarin Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية أخترين, Nāḥiyah Akhtarin) is the easternmost subdistrict of Azaz District in the northern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria, on the border with Turkey. Its administrative centre and largest town ...
in
Azaz District
Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769.
The district lies ...
. Nearby localities include
Tall Tanah
Tall Tanah ( ar, تلتانة, Thalthānah) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated on the southeastern edge of the Queiq Plain, bordering the Aqil mountains, and some northeast of the Shahba reservoir, it is lo ...
to the northwest and
Hezwan
Hezwan ( ar, حزوان) or Hazwan is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located in the Aqil mountains, some northeast of the city of Aleppo and northwest of al-Bab, it is administratively part of Nahiya al-Bab of ...
to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Ablah had a population of 517.
References
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Aleppo Governorate