Saraqib
Saraqib is a city in northwestern Syria, administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate, located east of Idlib. During the course of the Syrian Civil War, the city fell to rebel forces in 2012 and was recaptured by the Syrian Army in 2020.- Type: Town with 32,500 residents
- Description: City in Syria
- Also known as: “Sarâqeb”, “Saraquib”, “Serakab”, and “Serāqab”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Terunba and Jobas.
Terunba
Village
Tronba is a Syrian village located in Saraqib Nahiyah in Idlib District, Idlib. Terunba is situated 3 km west of Saraqib.
Jobas
Village
Jobas is a Syrian village located in Saraqib Nahiyah in Idlib District, Idlib. Jobas is situated 5 km southwest of Saraqib.
Mardikh
Village
Mardikh is a village in the Idlib Governorate of Syria. Mardikh is situated 6 km south of Saraqib.
Saraqib
- Categories: city or town, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Idlib Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.86361° or 35° 51′ 49″ north
Longitude
36.80313° or 36° 48′ 11″ east
Population
32,500
Elevation
366 metres (1,201 feet)
Open location code
8G7RVR73+C7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Saraqib” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سراقب”
- Armenian: “Սարակիբ”
- Asturian: “Saraqib”
- Cebuano: “Sarāqib”
- Chinese: “薩拉劫”
- Chinese: “薩拉奇”
- Czech: “Sarakíb”
- Czech: “Sarákib”
- Dutch: “Saraqib”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سراقب”
- French: “Saraqeb”
- French: “Saraqib”
- German: “Sarakeb”
- German: “Sarakib”
- German: “Saraqib”
- Hebrew: “סראקב”
- Japanese: “サラーキブ”
- Korean: “사라키브”
- Kurdish: “Seraqib”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saraqib”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saraqib”
- Norwegian: “Saraqib”
- Persian: “سراقب”
- Polish: “Sarakib”
- Russian: “Саракиб”
- Russian: “Серакиб”
- Silesian: “Sarakib”
- Swedish: “Sarāqib”
- Turkish: “Serakib”
- Ukrainian: “Саракіб”
- Urdu: “سراقب”
- Vietnamese: “Saraqip”
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