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Sibbeh

Coordinates: 34°54′11.70″N 36°14′13.88″E / 34.9032500°N 36.2371889°E / 34.9032500; 36.2371889
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Sibbeh
بلدة سبة
Sebbeh
View of Sibbeh
View of Sibbeh
Sibbeh is located in Syria
Sibbeh
Sibbeh
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°54′11.70″N 36°14′13.88″E / 34.9032500°N 36.2371889°E / 34.9032500; 36.2371889
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictSafita
SubdistrictSibbeh
Elevation
650 m (2,130 ft)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
3,061
Area code43

Sibbeh (Arabic: سبة, also spelled Sebbeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, located 17 kilometers (11 mi) northeast of Safita in the Tartus Governorate. It is situated atop two hills and the valley between them, in the Syrian coastal mountain range. Nearby localities Mashta al-Helu and al-Kafrun to the south, Duraykish to the west, Wadi al-Oyun to the northwest and Ayn al-Shams to the northeast.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sibbeh had a population of 3,061 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Sibbeh subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of six localities with a collective population of 7,614.[1] Its inhabitants are Alawites,[2] predominantly from the Khayyatin tribal federation.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Sibbeh nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  2. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 262.
  3. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 152.

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