Al-Rabiaa
Al-Rabiaa الربيعة Al-Rabie | |
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Village | |
Al-Rabiaa Location in Syria | |
Coordinates: 35°5′58″N 36°36′49″E / 35.09944°N 36.61361°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Hama |
District | Hama |
Subdistrict | Hama |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,129 |
Al-Rabiaa (Arabic: الربيعة, also spelled al-Rabie or Rabi'a) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, west of Hama. Nearby localities include Tayzin and Matnin to the east, Kafr al-Tun to the north, Umm al-Tuyur to the northwest, Deir al-Salib to the west, Billin to the southwest, al-Muaa to the south and Kafr Buhum to the southeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Rabiaa had a population of 7,508 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2][3]
References
- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at Archive.is. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 178.
- ↑ Rosen, Nir. Assad's Alawites: The guardians of the throne. Al Jazeera English. 2011-10-11.
Bibliography
- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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