Al-Khreibat

Al-Khreibat

الخريبات
Kharibat
Khuraybat
Al-Khreibat الخريبات Kharibat ; Khuraybat
Village
	Al-Khreibat
	Coordinates: 34°53′24″N 35°56′8″E / 34.89000°N 35.93556°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
District	Tartus
Subdistrict	Tartus
Population (2004)
• Total	1,464
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Khreibat (Arabic: الخريبات‎, also spelled Kharibat or Khuraybat) is a village and suburb in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include to the south, to the southeast, to the east, and al-Shaykh Saad to the north.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Khreibat had a population of 1,464 in the 2004 census.^[1] The inhabitants of the village are predominantly Maronite Christians, although there is also an Alawite minority. Together, al-Khreibat, Bimalkah, and Dweir Taha (part of al-Sawda municipality) make up the Christian suburbs of Tartus. The population grows at a steady rate, although substantially lower than the surrounding Alawite and Sunni Muslim villages. This is due to low birth rates and high levels of emigration to the cities, such as Damascus and Aleppo and abroad to places like Lebanon, France, the United States and Canada.^[2]

During the Ottoman Empire and French Mandate eras, the Christian residents of al-Khreibat and Bimalkah were one of the few peoples of the coastal region to actually own their unlike most other communities whose lands were owned by landlords from the major coastal cities.

The major family in this area is the Lahoud family, a Catholic Maronite group that has helped build the local church. They have also been involved in the olive oil and coffee business. They currently perform business in The United States of America.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004^{[permanent dead link]}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.

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[CBS-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004^{[permanent dead link]}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)

[Balanche-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.

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