Editing Aleppo (section)

===Pre-civil war status===
[[File:Rahman mosque.jpg|thumb|[[Ar-Rahman Mosque, Aleppo]]]]
Aleppo was the most populous city in Syria, with a population of 2,132,100 as indicated in the latest official census in 2004 by the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Its subdistrict (''[[nahiya]]'') consisted of 23 localities with a collective population of 2,181,061 in 2004.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-1-2004.htm |title=General Census of Population and Housing 2004 |access-date=2012-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520173518/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-1-2004.htm |archive-date=20 May 2012}}. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. Archived. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> According to the official estimate announced by the Aleppo City Council, the population of the city was 2,301,570 by the end of 2005. As a result of the [[Syrian civil war]], however, the city eastern half's population under the control of the opposition had plummeted to an estimated 40,000 by 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/12/worst-place-in-world-aleppo-ruins-four-years-syria-war |title=The worst place in the world? Aleppo in ruins after four years of Syria war |work=theguardian.com |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=22 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123101110/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/12/worst-place-in-world-aleppo-ruins-four-years-syria-war |archive-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>