| As-Safira | |
| Other Name: | Sfireh, Sipri |
| Native Name: | Arabic: السفيرة |
| Pushpin Map: | Syria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Al-Safira |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name3: | Al-Safira |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2007 est. |
| Population Total: | 106,382 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 36.0667°N 59°W |
| Elevation M: | 348 |
As-Safira (Arabic: السَّفِيْرَة / ALA-LC: as-Safīrah; Aleppo dialect: Sfīre) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. It is the administrative center of the as-Safira District. As Safīrah has an altitude of 348m (1,142feet), and a population of 106,382, making it the 11th largest city per geographical entity in Syria.
Medieval geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi spells the name Asfīrah[1] (Arabic: أسفيرة), not as-Safira (Arabic: السفيرة), which indicates that the definite article in the modern spelling is a result of hypercorrection.
As-Safira was known in pre-Islamic times as Sipri.[2] Historians[3] have suggested that the name Sipri may have come from the Akkadian word siparru meaning "bronze", which might indicate that copper was mined and bronze was worked there.
Since ancient times the city has been the distribution point for salt gathered from the nearby Sabkhat al-Jabbul.
See main article: Sefire steles. The Sfire I Treaty which may contain 8th century BCE evidence of a deity called "Most High."
As-Safira has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).