Al-Jebbah

Al-Jebbah
الجبة
Village
Al-Jebbah
Coordinates: 33°54′23″N 36°29′5″E / 33.90639°N 36.48472°E / 33.90639; 36.48472
Country  Syria
Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate
District Yabroud District
Nahiyah Assal al-Ward
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 2,829
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) 11

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. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 172.

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