Official Name: | Kimar |
Native Name: | كيمار |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Afrin District |
Subdivision Type3: | Nahiyah |
Subdivision Name3: | Afrin Subdistrict |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 660 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 36.4244°N 36.8933°W |
Kimar (Arabic: كيمار; Kurdish: {{italics correction|Kîmar[1]) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 660 in the 2004 census.[2]
See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022).
On 4 May 2022, a Turkish soldier was killed after Kurdish forces shelled a Turkish military vehicle in the village.[3]