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Dayr Hafir

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Country
  
Syria

District
  
Dayr Hafir

Area
  
5.7 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 6:13 PM

Governorate
  
Aleppo

Subdistrict
  
Dayr Hafir

Elevation
  
342 m

Population
  
35,409 (2013)

Dayr Hafir

Occupation
  
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Weather
  
13°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 67% Humidity

Dayr Hafir (Arabic: دير حافر‎‎ / ALA-LC: Dayr Ḥāfir) is a Syrian town in the Aleppo Governorate, 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Aleppo on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway, 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) to the north of Sabkhat al-Jabbul. It is the regional centre of Dayr Hafir District. In the 2004 official census, the town of Dayr Hafir had a population of 18,948. The town is home to an archeological site dating back to the 9th millennium BC.

Map of Dayr Hafir, Syria

Dayr Hafir is still a rural community in its majority.

References

Dayr Hafir Wikipedia