Meidan Ekbis

Village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Meidan Ekbis ميدان اكبس
Village
36°49′12″N 36°40′38″E / 36.82000°N 36.67722°E / 36.82000; 36.67722
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo Governorate
District	Afrin District
Nahiyah	Rajo
Control	Turkey Syrian Interim Government
Population (2004 census)^[1]
• Total	1,302
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Meidan Ekbis (Arabic: ميدان اكبس) or Maydan Ikbis or Midan Akbas, is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of Aleppo Governorate, located north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Afrin and Rajo to the south. The town lies on the Syria–Turkey border and is a stop on the main railroad crossing into Turkey on the Baghdad Railway and Istanbul-Aleppo-Damascus line. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Meidan Ekbis had a population of 1,302 in the 2004 census.^[1] By late July 2013, People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters controlled the town.^[2] On February 25, 2018, the village came under the control of the Syrian National Army.^[3]

In Pop Culture

In Khaled Khalifa's No Knives in the Kitchens of This City (2013), Meidan Ekibs is mentioned as the hometown of the main family, which they left to move to Aleppo, Syria.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ افتتاح مركز لتعليم اللغة الكردية في ميدان أكبس Archived August 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Hawar News, 25 July 2013 (in Arabic)
^ "A village and 3 hills in Afrin area separate the Turkish Forces from areas of "Euphrates Shield" Operation Forces in the countryside of Idlib and the western countryside of Aleppo • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
^ Khalīfah, Khālid; خليفة، خالد، (2016). No knives in the kitchens of this city. Leri Price. Cairo, Egypt. ISBN 978-977-416-781-2. OCLC 941875066.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Aleppo Governorate

Capital: Aleppo

Mount Simeon District

Mount Simeon Subdistrict	Aleppo Abtin Assan Ayn al-Kabira Azzan Duwayr al-Zaytun Haddadin Hilan Hreibel Kafr Saghir Khan Tuman Maghayer Khan Tuman Maratat al-Muslimiyah al-Muslimiyah al-Muslimiyah al-Shamaliyah Qarras Rasm Assan Saqlaya Siefat Tell Shair Samaan Tell Shughayb al-Dhahabiyah al-Wadihi
Tell ad-Daman‎ Subdistrict	Tell al-Daman Abu Rweil Ameriyeh Arjel Atshana Sharqiya Atshana Gharbiya Ballas Ballas al-Jadida Batranah Burda Buwaida Saghira Deir Saliba Hmeidi Hober Jubb Aleis Kafr Obeid al-Mintar Mreiqes Oweinat Kabira Rasm al-Mofakker Tabara al-Khusheir Um al-Karamel
Haritan Subdistrict	Haritan Anadan Babis Bashkoy Hayyan Fah Kafr Bssin Kafr Hamrah Maarat al-Artiq Naqqarin Shaykh Najjar Shaykh Zayat Shamer Yaqed al-Adas
Darat Izza Subdistrict	Darat Izza Bshantara Basrtun Bishqatin Kafrantin al-Hoteh Hur Injarah Irhab Qabtan al-Jabal al-Sakhriyah Taqad
al-Hadher Subdistrict	al-Hadher al-Eiss Dalamah Jmeimeh Maryamin Samaan Tell Dadin
al-Zirbah Subdistrict	al-Zirbah Abad Arada Banes Barnah Barqum Bawabiyah Humayrah Huweir al-Eiss Jazraya Jubb Kas Kassibeh Othmaniya Kabira Rasm al-Eiss Talafeh Tell Allush Tell Hidyah Zitan Ziyara Samaan
Zammar Subdistrict	Zammar

Azaz District

Azaz Subdistrict	Azaz al-Fayruziyah Jarez Kafr Kalbin Kafr Khasher Kaljibrin Al-Krum Ma'arin al-Malikiyah Maraanaz Menagh Nayarah Naddah al-Salameh Shamarikh Shamarin Sijaraz Tatiyah Tulayl ash-Sham Yahmul
Akhtarin Subdistrict	Akhtarin Ablah Aq Burhan Arshaf Bahwartah Baruza Dabiq Dudyan Duweidan Ghaytun Ghurur Ka'ibah Kadrish Qabtan Qar Kalbin Taanah Tal'ar Gharbi Tal'ar Sharqi Tall Battal Tall Tanah Tat Hims Turkman Bareh Ziadiyah
Tell Rifaat Subdistrict	Tell Rifaat Ahras Deir Jamal Kafr Naseh Kafr Naya Shaykh Issa Tell Jabin
Mare' Subdistrict	Mare' Fafin Herbel Ma'arat Umm Hawsh Sunbul Talalin Tell Qarah
Nubl Subdistrict	Nubl Bayanoun Mayer Ratyan al-Zahraa
Sawran Subdistrict	Sawran Baraghida Bel Duwaybiq Hawar Kilis Ihtaimlat al-Judaydah Kafra Kafr Burayshah Kafr Shoush Murayghil Rael Shuwayrin al-Yaarubiyah al-Yamamah Az-Zahiriyah Zayzafun

Afrin District

Afrin Subdistrict	Afrin Ain Dara Awlad al-Arab Barad Baselhaya Basuta Basufan Beit Adin Burj Abdullah Inab Kafr Nabu Kalota Kimar Maryamin Oqayba Qibar
Bulbul Subdistrict	Bulbul Burj Haider Darmashkanli Deir Ballut Fafertin Jalbul Karzahayel
Jandairis Subdistrict	Jindires Jalamah Kafr Safra
Maabatli Subdistrict	Maabatli
Rajo Subdistrict	Rajo Meidan Ekbis
Sharran Subdistrict	Sharran Qatma
Shaykh al-Hadid Subdistrict	Shaykh al-Hadid

Atarib District

Atarib Subdistrict	Atarib al-Abzamo Batibo al-Jinah
Ibbin Samaan Subdistrict	Ibbin Samaan Kafr Halab Kafr Karmin Kafr Naha Kafr Nasih al-Atarib Kafr Nuran Maarat Atarib Awayjil al-Sahharah al-Shaykh Ali
Urum al-Kubra Subdistrict	Urum al-Kubra Urum al-Sughra

Ayn al-Arab District

Ayn al-Arab Subdistrict	Ayn al-Arab al-Farazdaq al-Haqel Jaadat al-Samaawat
al-Jalbiyah Subdistrict	al-Jalbiyah Jubb Faraj Kabir Mil Qibbah Qinayah Ramilah Ras al-Ayn Qibli
Sarrin Subdistrict	Sarrin Shuyukh Fawqani
Shuyukh Tahtani Subdistrict	Shuyukh Tahtani Tell Abyad Tahtani

Al-Bab District

Al-Bab Subdistrict	al-Bab Abu Jabbar Abu Taltal Ameriyeh
Arima Subdistrict	Arima Arran Barlahin Bizaah al-Burj Deir Qaq Haddabat Haji Kusa Hezwan Kherbet Kiyar Maran Oweishiyeh Qabbasin
Al-Rai Subdistrict	Al-Rai Sosyan
Tadef Subdistrict	Tadef Tell Rahal al-Waqf

Dayr Hafir District

Dayr Hafir Subdistrict	Dayr Hafir Humaymah Kabirah al-Jabbul Umm el-Marra
Kuweires Sharqi Subdistrict	Kuweires Sharqi Mazburah al-Raa'i Rasm al-Abed
Rasm Harmil al-Imam Subdistrict	Rasm Harmil al-Imam Shaykh Ahmad Tell Ayoub

Jarabulus District

Jarabulus Subdistrict	Jarabulus al-Bir Fawqani al-Bir Tahtani al-Hajaliah al-Haluwaniyah al-Jamel Amarnah Ayn al-Bayda Balaban Dabis Haymar Jarabulus Tahtani Marma al-Hajar Mazaalah Qandariyah Qirata Qirq Maghar Umm Rutha Tahtani Yusuf Bayk Zugharah
Ghandoura Subdistrict	Ghandoura Al-Kuliya Al-Shahid Al-Qadi Arab Azzah Belis Fursan Jubb al-Dam Lilawa Nabghah Tell Aghbar‎ Tell Hajar Qubbat at-Turkuman al-Suwaydah

Manbij District

Manbij Subdistrict	Manbij
Abu Kahf Subdistrict	Abu Kahf
Abu Qilqil Subdistrict	Abu Qilqil Arab Hassan Kabir Awsajli Kabir Dakhirah Dandaniya Hamir Labidah Hayyah Kabirah Jubb Hamza
Al-Khafsah Subdistrict	Al-Khafsah Khan al-Humr al-Maamurah al-Mahsanah Khafsah
Maskanah Subdistrict	Maskanah Mallah Mujammaa Huttin al-Nasiriyah Fawqani Qashlat Yusef Basha Ras al-Ayn al-Bumane' Saan al-Ghazal al-Tadamon Talhuthan Tell Aswad Tell Akhdar Tishrin al-Zahirah Zunqul

As-Safira District

As-Safira Subdistrict	as-Safira Abu Jurayn al-Safirah Aqrabah
Banan Subdistrict	Banan
al-Hajib Subdistrict	al-Hajib Hawwaz
Khanasir Subdistrict	Khanasir Qulayaa Rasm Al-Nafl al-Samiriyah Tat
Tell Aran Subdistrict	Tell Aran Tell Hasil Zira'ah