Inab

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Inab
اناب
Village
Inab is located in Syria
Inab
Inab
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Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo Governorate
District Afrin District
Subdistrict Afrin
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 2,309
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Inab (Arabic: اناب‎‎, also called Nepa) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Jalbul, Aqiba and Deir Jamal to the south, Karzahayel, Afrin and Ain Dara to the west, Qatma to the north and Manaq, Kafr Kalbin and Kaljibrin to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Inab had a population of 2,309 in the 2004 census.[1]

During the Crusades, in 1149, Nur ad-Din Zangi, achieved a decisive victory against the Crusader army of Raymond of Antioch, and the allied followers of Ali ibn-Wafa, in the Battle of Inab outside the town.

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