Jarabulus

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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.

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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

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Aleppo Governorate contains Jarabulus
State of Aleppo contains Jarabulus
Syrian Turkmen historicallyConcentratedIn Jarabulus
this entity surface form: Jarabulus area