New Aleppo


New Aleppo is one of the largest neighborhoods in Aleppo in Syria. Its residential area has Aleppo's classical buildings, which were built with white stones. New Aleppo is an extension of the city to the west. It is surrounded by Al-Zahraa neighbourhood, Al-Furqan neighbourhood, Al-Hamdaniyah neighbourhood, and Al-Rashideen town

Etymology

It was called New Aleppo because it is the latest -at the time- neighborhood that was built in the city, and its buildings have a lot of differences from those in other neighborhoods. Aleppo's name is maybe from Syriac means: "white city" because it has white stones and its buildings were constructed with stones.

History

Construction of the neighborhood began in the 1980s, but it was not a real suburb because the first buildings were outside the city. In 2000 the state began building an orderly neighborhood. It is now one of the largest neighborhoods in the city, and until nowadays it is expanding such as Menyan "Benyameen" quarter.

2024 capture by HTS

On 29 November 2024, HTS rebels captured the neighborhood from the Syrian Army. And would topple the statue of Bassel al-Assad, the deceased brother of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

Geography and climate

The neighborhood is on a plateau in the west of the city at an elevation between 400 and 460 meters.
It has Mediterranean climate and 80% of precipitation occurs between October and March.

Subdivisions

New Aleppo consists of North New Aleppo and the more recently built South New Aleppo. Both parts have several quarters.
Two other neighborhoods that are sometimes considered part of New Aleppo are Al-Zahraa neighborhood and Al-Furqan neighborhood.
North New Aleppo contains:
  • Muhandeseen quarter
  • Al-Kahraba quarter
  • Masaken Al-Ta'leem Al-'Alee quarter
South New Aleppo contains:
  • Al-Bouhouth Al-'elmiyah quarter
  • Masaken Al-Tamween quarter
  • Al-Shuhadaa quarter
  • Tawaso Al-Madinah quarter
  • Al-Beaa' quarter
  • Menyan "Benyamin" quarter

    Demographic

Religions

From the first construction in the neighborhood until now, most of its people have been Muslims, with some Christian families.

Mosques

There are a number of huge mosques, such as:
The people in New Aleppo speak Syrian Arabic in Aleppine tone, which has a big difference from Arabic. Also Kurds can speak Kurdish language as well as Arabic, French and English is a second foreign language as well as Arabic, but some can speak Turkish and German.

Services

Schools

There are a number of secondary and primary schools for girls and boys.

Primary schools

  • Haroun Al-Rasheed School
  • Qoutaiba bin Muslim Al-bahili School
  • Othman bin Affan School
  • Hussain Tabra School
  • Ahmad Aswad School
  • Al-Moutanabbi School

    Secondary schools

  • Mousa bin Nussair School
  • As'aad Aqil School

    Posts

New Aleppo contains a large post office that includes landlines services and ADSL internet services.
Parks
Hospitals
the neighbourhood houses many private hospitals