Jisr ash-Shughur

Jisr ash-Shughūr
جِسْرُ ٱلشُّغُورِ
Seleucobelus
City
Covered market in the old town of Jisr ash-Shughūr (2009)
Covered market in the old town of Jisr ash-Shughūr (2009)
Jisr ash-Shughūr is located in Syria
Jisr ash-Shughūr
Jisr ash-Shughūr
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°48′45.3071″N 36°19′3.3791″E / 35.812585306°N 36.317605306°E / 35.812585306; 36.317605306
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib Governorate
DistrictJisr ash-Shugur District
SubdistrictJist al-Shughur Subdistrict
Occupation
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 • Total
44,322

Jisr ash-Shughūr (Arabic: جِسْرُ ٱلشُّغُورِ, romanized: jisr aš-šuġūr, pronounced [dʒɪsr aʃ.ʃuˈɣuːr], also rendered as Jisser ash-Shughour and other spellings), known in antiquity as Seleucobelus (Greek: Σελευκόβηλος, romanized: Seleukóbēlos),[2] is a city in the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Situated at an altitude of 170 metres (560 ft) above sea level on the Orontes river, the city was inhabited by 44,322 people as of 2010.[3] The inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslims, with a significant Christian minority (estimated at about 3,000 people in 2010), mostly Greek Orthodox.[4] The city is the headquarters of the Chechen militia Junud al-Sham[5]

  1. ^ a b ""Tahrir al-Sham" denies that "Turkistan" controls Jisr al-Shughur". Enab Baladi. 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ Ross Burns (1999). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 139. ISBN 9781860642449.
  3. ^ "Syria: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  4. ^ "تقرير الطائفة المسيحية في إدلب". 15 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Is Moscow Set to Target Russians Fighting Against Assad in Syria?". jamestown.org. Retrieved 2024-11-08.