Aleppo

(a-lép'po,) or HALEB-ES-SHABBA. [Anc. Chalybon and Berœa. A city of Turkey in Asia, C. of a pasha lic in the N. of Syria, and one of the principal emporiums of the Ottoman empire, on the Koeik (anc. Chalus), 70 m. E. of the Mediterranean; Lat. 36° 11' N., Lon. 37° 10 E. In ancient times the city rose to importance on the destruction of Palmyra, and became the great emporium of trade between Europe and the East. Pop. 100,000. [s. 18]