Kuweires Sharqi ( ar, كويرس شرقي, East Kuweires) is a town in eastern
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 t ...
, northwestern Syria, mostly known for the
Kuweires Military Airbase
Kuweires Military Aviation Institute ( ar, الكلية الجوية العسكرية في كويرس) is an airbase and military aviation institute in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. It is situated some 30 km east of the city of Aleppo, to th ...
to the northeast. Located on the
Dayr Hafir Plain north of
Lake Jabbul, some east of the city of
Aleppo and west of
Dayr Hafir
Dayr Hafir ( ar, دَيْر حَافِر / ALA-LC: ''Dayr Ḥāfir'') is a Syrian city in the Aleppo Governorate, east of Aleppo on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway, to the north of Sabkhat al-Jabbul. It is the regional centre of Dayr Hafir District ...
, Kuweires Sharqi is the administrative center of
Nahiya Kuweires Sharqi in
Dayr Hafir District
Dayr Hafir District ( ar-at, منطقة دير حافر, manṭiqat Dayr Ḥāfir) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Dayr Ḥāfir.
The district was formed in 2009 from three subdistri ...
. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 3,129.
References
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Subdistricts of Aleppo Governorate