Rablah

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Rablah
ربلة
Village
Rablah is located in Syria
Rablah
Rablah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°27′7″N 36°33′24″E / 34.45194°N 36.55667°E / 34.45194; 36.55667
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictAl-Qusayr
SubdistrictAl-Qusayr
Population
 (2004)
 • Total5,328
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Rablah (Arabic: ربلة; also spelled Rableh, Ribla or Ribleh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Just east of the border with Lebanon, nearby localities include al-Nizariyah to the southwest, Zita al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Zira'ah to the northeast and Hisyah to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rableh had a population of 5,328 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Catholics.[2][3][4]

History[]

It is considered to be the site of the ancient town of Riblah (Numbers 34:11 ), whose tell is covered by a cemetery not far from the modern town.[5][6] In Roman times, the town also bore the name Daphne.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 176.
  3. ^ Choufi, Firas. On the Frontline of the Battle for Syria’s Lebanese Villages. 2013-03-02.
  4. ^ "Updated List of Churches and Monasteries and Shrines Damaged in the Syrian Crisis (22 Dec 2013)". Byzantine Catholic Church in America. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  5. ^ Avraham Negev and Shimon Gibson (2001). Riblah. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. New York and London: Continuum. p. 435. ISBN 0-8264-1316-1.
  6. ^ Ferrell Jenkins (2 March 2009). "Riblah in the land of Hamath". Ferrell's Travel Blog. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  7. ^ Saadia Gaon (1984). Yosef Qafih (ed.). Rabbi Saadia Gaon's Commentaries on the Pentateuch (in Hebrew) (4 ed.). Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook. p. 164 (note 6). OCLC 232667032., citing Targum Jonathan and Bar Droma, Chaim (1958). Wezeh gevul haares: the true boundaries of the Holy Land according to the sources (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Hotsaʼat sefarim Beʼer le-ḥeḳer ha-Miḳra ṿeha-arets. p. 273. OCLC 654298149.

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