Bulbul, Syria

Bulbul (Arabic: بلبل‎) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo near the Turkish border. Nearby localities include Maydan Ikbis to the west, Rajo to the southwest and Maabatli to the south. It is currently under the Turkish occupation of northern Syria.

For other uses, see Bulbul (disambiguation).
Bulbul

بلبل
Village
Bulbul
Coordinates: 36°46′17.9″N 36°49′8.8″E
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAfrin
SubdistrictBulbul
Control Turkey
Syrian Interim Government
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total1,742
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Population

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Bulbul had a population of 1,742 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center of the Bulbul nahiyah of the Afrin District, consisting of 34 villages with a combined population of 12,573.[1]

Bulbul is the administrative center of Nahiya Bulbul of the Afrin District.

Bulbul

The word bulbul derives from Arabic: بلبل‎, meaning nightingale[2] in Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Kurdish languages, although in English, bulbul refers to passerine birds of a different family.

Syrian civil war
Main articles: Syrian civil war and Operation Olive Branch

On 3 February 2018, armed clashes broke out in Bulbul and Rajo between the Syrian National Army (SNA) and the Syrian Democratic Forces’ Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) amidst the Turkish military intervention to capture the Kurdish-held city of Afrin.[3] The village eventually came under the control of the Syrian National Army.

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References
  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Fishpool et al. (2005)
  3. "Syrian War Daily – 3rd of February 2018". Syrian War Daily.


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