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Kuweires Sharqi
كويرس شرقي | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kuweires Sharqi Location of Kuweires Sharqi in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°10′07″N 37°32′28″E / 36.1686°N 37.5411°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Dayr Hafir |
| Subdistrict | Kuweires Sharqi |
| Control | Syrian Salvation Government[1] |
| Population (2004)[2] | 3,129 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1294 |
Kuweires Sharqi (Arabic: كويرس شرقي, romanized: East Kuweires) is a town in eastern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria, mostly known for the Kuweires Military Airbase 1 km (0.62 mi) to the northeast. Located on the Dayr Hafir Plain north of Lake Jabbul, some 30 km (19 mi) east of the city of Aleppo and 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Dayr Hafir, Kuweires Sharqi is the administrative center of Nahiya Kuweires Sharqi in Dayr Hafir District. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 3,129.[2]
References
- ^ ""Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" and "National Army" control the towns of Khanaser and Al-Safira, Kuweires Airport in the Aleppo countryside, and military sites on the outskirts of Aleppo". SOHR (in Arabic). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Kuweires Sharqi" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
