Ghandoura | |
Native Name: | غندورة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ghandoura in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jarabulus |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Ghandoura |
Parts Type: | Control |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Syrian Interim Government |
Population: | 1658 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Geocode: | C2250 |
Ghandoura (Arabic: غندورة|Gandūra; Turkish: Gındıra) is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Administrative center of Nahiya Ghandoura in Jarabulus District, the town is inhabited by Turkmen[1] and had a population of 1,658 as per the 2004 census. It is located midway between Al-Rai and Jarabulus, at the northern banks of Sajur River, some south east of the Sajur Dam.
On 28 July 2016, US airstrikes killed at least 28 civilians, mostly women and including seven children in Ghandoura.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]