Manbij

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Manbij is a strategically important, ethnically diverse city in northern Syria that has served as a key political and military hub within the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

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Label Occurrences
Manbij canonical 20
city of Manbij 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
conflict Syrian Civil War ⓘ
controlledBy Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ⓘ
coordinateLocation 36.528°N 37.954°E ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
distanceToAleppo about 80 km northeast ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
ethnicComposition Arabs ⓘ
Chechens ⓘ
Circassians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Turkmens
governedBy Manbij Civil Council ⓘ
Manbij Military Council ⓘ
hasMilitaryPresence Russian military police (periodically after 2019) ⓘ
Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ
United States military (periodically after 2016) ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus de facto self-administration under Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance important logistical hub in the Syrian Civil War ⓘ
key crossing point on routes to Turkey ⓘ
major road junction between Aleppo, Raqqa, and the Turkish border ⓘ
historicalName Hierapolis Bambyce ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance Byzantine period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
ISILControlEnd 2016 ⓘ
ISILControlStart 2014 ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Turkmen language ⓘ
liberatedBy Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ
liberationBattle Manbij offensive ⓘ
liberationYear 2016 ⓘ
locatedIn northern Syria ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Aleppo Governorate ⓘ
Manbij District ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
nearBorderWith Turkey ⓘ
nearCity Aleppo ⓘ
notableEvent Manbij bombing 2019 ⓘ
partOf Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ⓘ
population approximately 100000 to 300000 (pre-war estimates) ⓘ
religiousComposition Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam
timezone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timezoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ

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