Aleppo

Summary

Aleppo is a city^[1]. Aleppo ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,858 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Aleppo was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[3].
• Aleppo is located in Mount Simeon District^[4].
• Aleppo is located in Mount Simeon Subdistrict^[5].
• Aleppo is in the country of Syria^[6].
• Aleppo's image is recorded as Aleppo, View of the city, Syria.jpg^[7].
• Aleppo's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Aleppo's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Aleppo's instance of is recorded as populated place in Syria^[10].
• Aleppo's official language is recorded as Arabic^[11].
• Aleppo's flag image is recorded as Flag of Aleppo.svg^[12].
• Aleppo's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Aleppo.svg^[13].
• Aleppo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lyon^[14].
• Aleppo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gaziantep^[15].
• Aleppo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brest^[16].
• Aleppo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Osmangazi^[17].
• Aleppo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152061976^[18].
• Aleppo's GND ID is recorded as 4001116-1^[19].
• Aleppo's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81053997^[20].
• Aleppo's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11965989c^[21].
• Aleppo's IdRef ID is recorded as 027666468^[22].
• Aleppo's part of is recorded as Northwestern Syria^[23].
• Aleppo's Commons category is recorded as Aleppo^[24].
• Aleppo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[25].
• Aleppo's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern European Time^[26].
• Aleppo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Aleppo is in the country of Syria^[6]. Located in include Mount Simeon District^[4], a district of Syria^[28], in Syria^[29] and Mount Simeon Subdistrict^[5], a subdistrict of Syria^[30], in Syria^[31]. Aleppo's part of is recorded as Northwestern Syria^[23].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+2132100'}^[32], {'amount': '+1800000'}^[33], {'amount': '+979465'}^[34], {'amount': '+1834093'}^[35], {'amount': '+1916781'}^[36], and {'amount': '+2003671'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], big city^[9], and populated place in Syria^[10].

History and Context

-5000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Aleppo^[38].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Aleppo include Queen's Gambit^[39], a chess opening^[40]; Aleppo pepper^[41], a spice^[42]; Aleppo Codex^[43], a Hebrew manuscript^[44], founded in 1000^[45], written by Aaron ben Moses ben Asher^[46]; Pinus halepensis^[47], a taxon^[48]; Aleppo International Airport^[49], an international airport^[50], in Syria^[51]; and Aleppo plateau^[52], a plateau^[53].

Why It Matters

Aleppo ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,858 views/month).^[2] Aleppo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[54] Aleppo is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[55]

Entities named for Aleppo include Queen's Gambit^[39], a chess opening^[40]; Aleppo pepper^[41], a spice^[42]; Aleppo Codex^[43], a Hebrew manuscript^[44], founded in 1000^[45], written by Aaron ben Moses ben Asher^[46]; Pinus halepensis^[47], a taxon^[48]; Aleppo International Airport^[49], an international airport^[50], in Syria^[51]; and Aleppo plateau^[52], a plateau^[53].