Kafr Saghir

Kafr Saghir
كفر صغير
Town
Kafr Saghir is located in Syria
Kafr Saghir
Kafr Saghir
Coordinates: 36°17′33″N 37°15′21″E / 36.292637°N 37.255899°E / 36.292637; 37.255899
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo Governorate
DistrictMount Simeon District
NahiyahMount Simeon Subdistrict
ControlAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total3,130
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Kafr Saghir is a village in Mount Simeon Nahiyah of the Jabal Sem‘ān District.

Kafr Saghir (Arabic: كفر صغير, Kurdish: Kefêr Sixîrê, also written Kafr as Saghir, Kafr Şaghīr, Kafr as Safir or literally Little Kafr)[2] is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Mount Simeon District of the Aleppo Governorate, just northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Ratyan, Bayanoun and Mayer to the north, Anadan, Huraytan to the west, Kafr Hamrah to the south and Shaykh Najjar to the east.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Saghir had a population of 3,130 in the 2004 census.[1] Kafr Saghir has a largely Kurdish population.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Syrian Arab Republic - Population Statistics". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Kafr Şaghīr (populated place)". geoview.info. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ^ Paraszczuk, Joanna; Lucas, Scott. "Syria, August 17: Assessing the Regime's Deadly Airstrikes". EA WorldView. Retrieved 1 December 2016.