Dabis, Syria

ad-Dabis
الدابس
Debis[1]
Village
ad-Dabis
Location of ad-Dabis in Syria
Coordinates: 36°42′13″N 37°57′25″E / 36.7036°N 37.9569°E / 36.7036; 37.9569
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Jarabulus
Subdistrict Jarabulus
Elevation 414 m (1,358 ft)
Population (2004)[2] 880
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode C2217

Dabis (Turkish: Debis,[1] Arabic: الدابس‎, translit. ad-Dabes) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, between Jarabulus and the lower course of Sajur River, the village is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of river Euphrates and about 12 km (7.5 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Gaziantep.

With 880 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, Dabis administratively belongs to Nahiya Jarabulus within Jarabulus District.[2] Nearby localities include Ayn al-Bayda 3 km (1.9 mi) to the northeast, Balaban 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south, and Jubb al-Kusa 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast.

References

  1. 1 2 Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri (in Turkish) — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 12 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
  2. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Jarabulus" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.