Kafr Halab (Arabic: كفر حلب, also spelled Kafar Halab) or Kafr Aleppo is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Atarib District of the Aleppo Governorate, located southwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Zardana to the west, Kafr Nuran, al-Jinah and Ibbin Samaan to the northwest, Urum al-Sughra to the north, al-Bawabiya to the south and Maarrat al-Ikhwan and Taftanaz to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Halab had a population of 4,136 in the 2004 census.[1]

Kafr Halab كفر حلب
Village
Kafr Halab Location of Kafr Halab in Syria
Coordinates: 36°03′52″N 36°52′15″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Atarib
Subdistrict	Urum al-Kubrah
Population  (2004)[1]	4,136
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Kafr Halab was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century during Ayyubid rule. He described it as "a village belonging to Aleppo [Halab]."[2]

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