The New International Encyclopædia/Aintab

AINTAB, ī̇n-täb′. A town in the Syrian vilayet of Aleppo, Asiatic Turkey, situated about 65 miles north of the city of Aleppo (Map: Turkey in Asia, G 4). It is an important military post and is well fortified. It carries on an extensive trade in leather and cotton, and lies on the route leading from Aleppo to Armenia. Its population is about 43,000, and consists, to a great extent, of Armenian and Greek Christians.