Jisr ash-Shughur
Jisr ash-Shughūr
جِسْرُ ٱلشُّغُورِ Seleucobelus | |
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Covered market in the old town of Jisr ash-Shughūr (2009) | |
| Coordinates: 35°48′45.3071″N 36°19′3.3791″E / 35.812585306°N 36.317605306°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib Governorate |
| District | Jisr ash-Shugur District |
| Subdistrict | Jist al-Shughur Subdistrict |
| Control | Syrian transitional government |
| Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 44,322 |
Jisr ash-Shughūr (Arabic: جِسْرُ ٱلشُّغُورِ, romanized: jisr aš-šuġūr, pronounced [dʒɪsr aʃ.ʃuˈɣuːr], also rendered as Jisser ash-Shughour and other spellings), known in antiquity as Seleucobelus (Greek: Σελευκόβηλος, romanized: Seleukóbēlos), is a city in the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Situated at an altitude of 170 metres (560 ft) above sea level on the Orontes river, the city was inhabited by 44,322 people as of 2010. The inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslims, with a significant Christian minority (estimated at 3,000 people in 2010), mostly Greek Orthodox. The city is the headquarters of the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria.