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Ancient City of Aleppo

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Ancient City of Aleppo is about 5 km south of Aleppo. The nearest other World Heritage site is Ancient Villages of Northern Syria, about 30 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Aleppo · about 2,738,000 peopleabout 5 km north
  • Izaz · about 32,000 peopleabout 45 km north
  • Idlib · about 129,000 peopleabout 55 km south-west
  • Kilis · about 82,000 peopleabout 60 km north
  • Manbij · about 120,000 peopleabout 80 km north-east
  • Antakya · about 155,000 peopleabout 95 km west
Ancient City of AleppoAleppo5 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context, and the dashed circle is the size of the site's area.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Ancient City of Aleppo and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesAncient Villages of Northern Syria1Crac des Chevaliers2Göbekli Tepe3Site of Palmyra4Rachid Karami Fair, Tripoli5Ancient City of Aleppo
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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