Kafr Nabl

Kafr Nabl
كَفْرنَبِل
Kafranbel
Town
Kafr Nabl is located in Syria
Kafr Nabl
Kafr Nabl
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°36′50″N 36°33′40″E / 35.61389°N 36.56111°E / 35.61389; 36.56111
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictMaarrat al-Nu'man
SubdistrictKafr Nabl
Elevation
735 m (2,411 ft)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
15,455

Kafr Nabl (Arabic: كَفْرنَبِل, romanizedKafr Nabil, also spelled Kafranbel or Kafr Nabil) is a town administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate and Ma'arrat al-Numan District in northwestern Syria. It is situated 735 meters (2,411 ft) above sea level. In the 2004 census by the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics Kafr Nabl had a population of 15,455.[1] In the early 1960s it had a population of about 1,200. Kafr Nabl's inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim.[2]

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idleb Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 413.