New Aleppo

New Aleppo حلب الجديدة Halab al-Jadidah
Neighborhood
New Aleppo
Coordinates: 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.217°N 37.167°E / 36.217; 37.167
Country	Syria
City	Aleppo
Control	Syrian transitional government
Highest elevation	472 m (1,549 ft)
Lowest elevation	421 m (1,381 ft)
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	67,247
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	BSk

New Aleppo (Arabic: حيّ حلب الجديدة, romanized: Ḥayy Ḥalab al-Jadīda) is one of the largest neighborhoods in Aleppo in Syria. Its residential area has Aleppine's classical buildings, which was built with white stones. New Aleppo is an extension of the city to the west.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 el-Zahraa neighborhood and el-Furqan neighborhood.

North New Aleppo contains:

South New Aleppo contains:

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

There are a number of huge mosques, such as:

The population is 94% Arabs, 5% Kurds and 1% other or unknown ethnicity.

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.

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

There is New Aleppo post.

There are two supermarkets:

There are more than 20 shops such as:

• Some information from old people who have lived in New Aleppo since the first buildings in it.

• Aleppo news