Al-Jebbah

Al-Jebbah
الجبة
Village
Al-Jebbah is located in Syria
Al-Jebbah
Al-Jebbah
Coordinates: 33°54′23″N 36°29′5″E / 33.90639°N 36.48472°E / 33.90639; 36.48472
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictYabroud
SubdistrictAssal al-Ward
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
2,829
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11

Al-Jebbah (Arabic: الجبة; also spelled al-Jibbeh) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include Ma'loula and al-Qutayfah to the southeast, Hosh Arab and al-Tawani to the south and Assal al-Ward and Rankous to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jibbah had a population of 2,829 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 172

Bibliography

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


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