Ablah (Arabic: عبلة, romanized‘Ablah; Kurdish: Ebla) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated in a wadi surrounded by the Aqil mountains and some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the Shahba reservoir, it is located 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Akhtarin and some 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo.

Ablah
عبلة
Village
Ablah is located in Syria
Ablah
Ablah
Location of Ablah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′01″N 37°21′20″E / 36.4336°N 37.3556°E / 36.4336; 37.3556
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictAkhtarin
Elevation
518 m (1,699 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
517
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1584

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Tall Tanah 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the northwest and Hezwan 5 km (3.1 mi) to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Ablah had a population of 517.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Akhtarin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-10. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.