Jarabulus
E790260
Jarabulus is a strategically important Syrian border town on the Euphrates River, opposite Turkey’s Gaziantep province, that has been a focal point of military operations and cross-border control in the Syrian conflict.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jarabulus area | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
populated place in Syria
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| arabicName | جرابلس NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderCrossingWith | Karkamış NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 360 metres ⓘ |
| governorateCapital | Aleppo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderGate | Jarabulus–Karkamış border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Arabs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
border town
ⓘ
cross-border trade hub ⓘ |
| hasMilitarySignificance |
control of Euphrates River crossing
ⓘ
control of supply routes between Syria and Turkey ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCountry | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyMajorCity | Gaziantep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance | border crossing on Euphrates River ⓘ |
| kurdishName | Cerablus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Azaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aleppo Governorate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jarabulus District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Carchemish archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Manbij NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderWith | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Euphrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationEuphratesShieldStartDate | 2016-08-24 ⓘ |
| opposite |
Gaziantep Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karkamış NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ |
| turkishName | Cerablus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +2 ⓘ |
| utcOffsetDST | +3 ⓘ |
| wasCapturedInOperation | Operation Euphrates Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasControlledBy |
Free Syrian Army-aligned factions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish-backed Syrian opposition groups ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jarabulus area