Dayr Hafir is a Syrian city in the Aleppo Governorate, 50 kilometres east of Aleppo on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway, 15 kilometres to the north of Sabkhat al-Jabbul. It is the regional centre of Dayr Hafir District. In the 2004 official census, the town of Dayr Hafir had a population of 18,948. The town is home to an archeological site dating back to the 9th millennium BC. Dayr Hafir is still a rural community in its majority. From Wikipedia