Kimar (Arabic: كيمار; Kurdish: Kîmar[2]) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 660 in the 2004 census.[1]

Kimar
كيمار
Town
Kimar is located in Syria
Kimar
Kimar
Coordinates: 36°25′28″N 36°53′36″E / 36.42444°N 36.89333°E / 36.42444; 36.89333
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo Governorate
DistrictAfrin District
NahiyahAfrin Subdistrict
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total660
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Syrian Civil War

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On 4 May 2022, a Turkish soldier was killed after Kurdish forces shelled a Turkish military vehicle in the village.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ عبدو علي, محمد (2014). جبال الكرد: دراسة جغرافية شاملة (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Afrin. p. 187.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Kurdish bombardment | Turkish soldier killed in north-western Aleppo". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 3 May 2022.