Mount Simeon or Mount Simon (Arabic: جبل سمعان Jabal Simʻān [ˈʒæbælsɪmˈʕaːn]), also called Mount Laylūn (Arabic: جبل ليلون, is a highland region in Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The mountain is located in the Mount Simeon and Aʻzāz districts of Aleppo Governorate.
It is named for Symeon the Stylite a Christian who lived atop a column in the region for 37 years and for whom a large monastery complex was established.[1]
^Butcher, K.; J. Paul Getty Museum (2003). Roman Syria and the Near East. J. Paul Getty Museum/Getty Publications. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-89236-715-3. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
MountSimeon or Mount Simon (Arabic: جبل سمعان Jabal Simʻān [ˈʒæbæl sɪmˈʕaːn]), also called Mount Laylūn (Arabic: جبل ليلون, is a highland region in Aleppo...
includes three groups of highlands: the first is the northern group of MountSimeon and Mount Kurd; the second middle group is the group of Harim Mountains; the...
MountSimeon District (Arabic: منطقة جبل سمعان, romanized: manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative...
exception of MountSimeon District where the centre is the city of Aleppo. The same applies to all nahiyas (sub-districts), except for the MountSimeon Nahiyah...
Governorate. West of the Quwēq is MountSimeon. South of MountSimeon is the plains of Idlib. The River ʻAfrīn runs west of MountSimeon. To the west of River ʻAfrīn...
half years in his hut, Simeon sought a rocky eminence on the slopes of what is now the Sheik Barakat Mountain, part of MountSimeon. He chose to live within...
Syria". The most notable Dead cities and archaeological sites in MountSimeon and Mount Kurd near Aleppo include: Kalota Castle and churches northwest of...
MountSimeon Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية جبل سمعان, romanized: nāḥiyah Jabal Sem‘ān) is a subdistrict of MountSimeon District in western Aleppo Governorate...
The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Arabic: كنيسة مار سمعان العمودي, romanized: Kanīsat Mār Simʿān el-ʿAmūdī) is one of the oldest surviving church complexes...
south lie MountSimeon, and to the north the plain of Kilis where the Akpınar River, one of the headwaters of Quweiq, rises. The height of Mount Barṣa is...
Azaz District The district lies between Afrin District to the west, MountSimeon District to the south and al-Bab District to the east. To the north is...
Governorate. West of the Quwēq is MountSimeon. South of MountSimeon are the plains of Idlib. River ʻIfrīn runs west of MountSimeon. To the west of River ʻIfrīn...
or Hreitan) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the MountSimeon District of the Aleppo Governorate, just northwest of Aleppo. Nearby...
Mount Carmel High School on Chicago's south side, the same school as former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb and former NBA star Antoine Walker. Simeon...
Church of Saint Simeon Stylites Churches of Sheikh Suleiman village Cyrrhus Dana Deir Qeita Jarada Kharab Shams Basilica MountSimeon Mushabbak Basilica...
Name Population District Held by Aleppo 1,800,000 MountSimeon District u See Aleppo (Syrian Civil War). Afrin 36,562 Afrin District y See Afrin (Syrian...
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