Deir Qaq

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Deir Qaq
Location of Deir Qaq in Syria
Coordinates: 36°18′23″N37°26′39″E / 36.30639°N 37.44417°E / 36.30639; 37.44417
Country Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District al-Bab
Subdistrict Tedef
Population
 (2004) [1]
1,042
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Deir Qaq or Dayr Qaq is a village in al-Bab District in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria.

The Syrian Army captured the village from ISIL on 9 February 2017. [2]

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References

  1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tedef" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. "Syrian Army closes on ISIL's east Aleppo stronghold after seizing Deir Qaq: map". Al Masdar News. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2017.