Oqayba

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Aqîbê عقيبة
Village
Aqîbê
Coordinates: 36°26′19″N 36°58′2″E / 36.43861°N 36.96722°E / 36.43861; 36.96722
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo Governorate
District	Afrin District
Subdistrict	Afrin
Government
• Type	municipal council
Area
• Total	6 km2 (2 sq mi)
• Land	6 km2 (2 sq mi)
• Water	0 km2 (0 sq mi)  0%
Population  (2015 census)[1]
• Total	5,600
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Aqîbê^[2] (Arabic: عقيبة of Oqayba, also spelled Aqiba, Akibah or Agiba) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Afrin and Baselhaya to the northwest, Ibbin, Deir Jamal and Tell Rifaat to the northeast, Nubl to the south, Barad to the southwest and Kimar to the west. According to the Rojava Central Bureau of Statistics, Aqîbê had a population of 5600 in the 2015 census.^[1] Aqîbê has been under Kurdish control since March 2013.^[3]