Al-Nayrab (Arabic: النيرب) is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the city of Aleppo thus becoming part of it as a district.
Al-Nayrab
النيرب | |
|---|---|
District | |
  Al-Nayrab | |
| Coordinates: 36°10′32″N 37°13′40″E / 36.17556°N 37.22778°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Mount Simeon |
| Subdistrict | Aleppo |
| Elevation | 393 m (1,289 ft) |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,018 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Nayrab is also an important archaeological site, having been excavated in 1926–27 by Augustin-Georges Barrois and Bertrand Carrière.[2][3]
Etymology
editNayrab or Neyrab is the Syriac word for a flat land or water through the valley.
History
editSalih ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas, the Abbasid governor of Bilad al-Sham (Syria), built the Bttiyas Palace on the hill of Nayrab.
Al-Nayrab was a village southeast of Aleppo, with the urbanization of the city have been included Nayrab. And is not located only 10 kilometers from the city center and the fact that the land was lying established by the French military airport, and after the independence was that the airport expansion to include airport and other civilian and military is known as Nayrab Airport and has turned his name now to Aleppo International Airport. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Jamal had a population of 10,018 in the 2004 census.[1]
After the 1948 war, Palestinians migrated to the neighboring countries which have been receiving several thousand of them and landed in the barracks near the airport that had been brought by the French army to its soldiers and called the place then Al-Nayrab camp for Palestinians refugees.
Economy
editThe plains of Nayrab are fertile plains where various types of vegetables are grown, in particular cucumbers. Nayrab produces reasonable quantities of olive and pistachio, and Damask rose, domestically known as "Ward Al-Jouri",[4] which is the first product of Nayrab and exported to several countries where they are used in the manufacture of perfumes and is essentially in the installation of some medicines, foods and beverages.
See also
editBibliography
edit- Augustin-Georges Barrois and B. Carrière, Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem effectuées à Neirab du 24 septembre au 5 novembre 1926, pages 126-142, dans Syria, 1927, volume 8, No. 2 (online)
- Augustin-Georges Barrois and B. Carrière, Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem, effectuées à Neirab du 24 septembre au 5 novembre 1926, pages 201-212, dans Syria, 1927, volume 8, No. 3 (online)
- Augustin-Georges Barrois and M. Abel, Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem , effectuées à Neirab du 12 septembre au 6 novembre 1927, pages 187-206, dans Syria, 1928, volume 9, No. 3 (online)
- Augustin-Georges Barrois and M. Abel, Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem , effectuées à Neirab du 12 septembre au 6 novembre 1927, pages 303-319, dans Syria, 1928, volume 9, No. 4 (online)
References
edit- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Jonathan Stökl; Caroline Waerzeggers (31 August 2015). Exile and Return: The Babylonian Context. De Gruyter. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-3-11-041928-3.
- ^ Eph'al, I. (1978). "The Western Minorities in Babylonia in the 6th-5th Centuries B.C.: Maintenance and Cohesion". Orientalia (Nova Series). 47 (1): 84–87. JSTOR 43074797.
- ^ "Rose petals (Ward joury)". tasteofbeirut.com. 21 February 2012.
External links
edit- Nayrab Web Site on the Internet(only in Arabic)
- Neirab, articles from UNWRA