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As-Safira ( ar, السَّفِيْرَة / ALA-LC: ''as-Safīrah''; Aleppo dialect: ''Sfīre'') is a 
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"A Sketch of North Syrian Economic Relations in the Middle Bronze Age"
''Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient'' 9(3): pp. 161–181, page 169, note 2 have suggested that the name ''Sipri'' may have come from the Akkadian word ''siparru'' meaning "bronze", which might indicate that copper was mined and bronze was worked there.
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 ...
n city administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. It is the administrative center for the as-Safira District. As Safīrah has an altitude of , and a population of 106,382 , making it the 11th largest city per geographical entity in Syria.
Name
Medieval geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi spells the name ''Asfīrah''le Strange, 1890, p400
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hypercorrection
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As-Safira was known in pre-Islamic times as Sipri.Ball, Warwick (2006) "The desert edges" ''Syria: A Historical And Architectural Guide'' Interlink Publishing Group, Northampton, Massachusetts, page 157, HistoriansNotably Dossin and Lewy, see Sasson, Jack M. (1966"A Sketch of North Syrian Economic Relations in the Middle Bronze Age"
''Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient'' 9(3): pp. 161–181, page 169, note 2 have suggested that the name ''Sipri'' may have come from the Akkadian word ''siparru'' meaning "bronze", which might indicate that copper was mined and bronze was worked there.
History
Since ancient times the city has been the distribution point for salt gathered from the nearby Sabkhat al-Jabbul.Climate
As-Safira has a cold semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification: ''BSk'').Notes
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Safirah Cities in Syria Populated places in al-Safira District