Sibbeh, Syria

Sibbeh
قرية سبة
Sebbeh
Town
View of Sibbeh
Sibbeh
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°54′11.70″N 36°14′13.88″E / 34.9032500°N 36.2371889°E / 34.9032500; 36.2371889Coordinates: 34°54′11.70″N 36°14′13.88″E / 34.9032500°N 36.2371889°E / 34.9032500; 36.2371889
Country  Syria
Governorate Tartus
District Safita
Subdistrict Sibbeh
Elevation 650 m (2,130 ft)
Population (2004)
  Total 3,061
Area code(s) 43

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]

References

  1. "Sibbeh nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-02.


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