Meidan Ekbis

Meidan Ekbis
ميدان اكبس
Village
Meidan Ekbis
Coordinates: 36°49′12″N 36°40′38″E / 36.82000°N 36.67722°E / 36.82000; 36.67722
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo Governorate
District Afrin District
Nahiyah Rajo
Control Syrian opposition Turkish-backed
Free Syrian Army
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 1,302
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Meidan Ekbis (Arabic: ميدان اكبس‎) or Maydan Ikbis is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of Aleppo Governorate, located north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Afrin and Rajo to the south. The town lies on the Syria–Turkey border and is a stop on the main railroad crossing into Turkey on the Baghdad Railway and Istanbul-Aleppo-Damascus line. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Meidan Ekbis had a population of 1,302 in the 2004 census.[1] By late July 2013, People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters controlled the town.[2] On February 23rd 2018, the village came under the control of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army.

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-20 at Archive.is. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ افتتاح مركز لتعليم اللغة الكردية في ميدان أكبس Archived August 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Hawar News, 25 July 2013 (in Arabic)
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