Al-Nayrab Explained

Official Name:Al-Nayrab
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Aleppo
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Mount Simeon
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Aleppo
Settlement Type:District
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004 census
Population Total:10,018
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:36.1756°N 37.2278°W
Elevation M:393

Al-Nayrab (Arabic: النيرب) is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the city of Aleppo thus becoming part of it as a district.

Al-Nayrab is also an important archaeological site, having been excavated in 1926–27 by Augustin-Georges Barrois and Bertrand Carrière.[1] [2]

Etymology

Nayrab or Neyrab is the Syriac word for a flat land or water through the valley.

History

Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas, the Abbasid governor of Bilad al-Sham (Syria), built the Bttiyas Palace on the hill of Nayrab.

Al-Nayrab was a village southeast of Aleppo, with the urbanization of the city have been included Nayrab. And is not located only 10 kilometers from the city center and the fact that the land was lying established by the French military airport, and after the independence was that the airport expansion to include airport and other civilian and military is known as Nayrab Airport and has turned his name now to Aleppo International Airport. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Jamal had a population of 10,018 in the 2004 census.[3]

After the 1948 war, Palestinians migrated to the neighboring countries which have been receiving several thousand of them and landed in the barracks near the airport that had been brought by the French army to its soldiers and called the place then Al-Nayrab camp for Palestinians refugees.

Economy

The plains of Nayrab are fertile plains where various types of vegetables are grown, in particular cucumbers. Nayrab produces reasonable quantities of olive and pistachio, and Damask rose, domestically known as "Ward Al-Jouri",[4] which is the first product of Nayrab and exported to several countries where they are used in the manufacture of perfumes and is essentially in the installation of some medicines, foods and beverages.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jonathan Stökl. Caroline Waerzeggers. Exile and Return: The Babylonian Context. 31 August 2015. De Gruyter. 978-3-11-041928-3. 58–.
  2. Eph'al. I.. The Western Minorities in Babylonia in the 6th-5th Centuries B.C.: Maintenance and Cohesion. Orientalia (Nova Series). 47. 1. 1978. 43074797. 84–87.
  3. http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  4. Web site: Rose petals (Ward joury) . tasteofbeirut.com . 21 February 2012 .