Nubbul

This article is about the town in the Aleppo Governorate. For the town in the Idlib Governorate, see Kafr Nabl.
Nubl
نبل
Town
Nubl is located in Syria
Nubl
Nubl
Coordinates: 36°22′32″N 36°59′39″E / 36.37556°N 36.99417°E / 36.37556; 36.99417
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictA'zaz
SubdistrictNubl
Elevation
429 m (1,407 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total21,039
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Nubl (Arabic: نبل, also spelled Nubbul or Nubbol) is a small city in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include al-Zahraa immediately to the south, Anadan to the southeast, Tel Rifaat to the northeast, Aqiba to the north, Barad to the west, and Mayer immediately to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nubl had a population of 21,039 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims and together with nearby al-Zahraa, Nubl forms a small Shia-inhabited pocket in a mostly Sunni Muslim area in the Aleppo Governorate.[2]

Nubl is the administrative center of Nahiya Nubl of the Azaz District.
  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. Archived at [1]. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hendawi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).