Al-Ruhaybah

Al-Ruhaybah
الرحيبة
Al-Ruhaibah
Al-Ruhaybah is located in Syria
Al-Ruhaybah
Al-Ruhaybah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°44′36.9″N 36°42′04.2″E / 33.743583°N 36.701167°E / 33.743583; 36.701167
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
Districtal-Qutayfah
Subdistrictar-Ruhaybah
ControlSyrian opposition Syrian Free Army
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
30,450
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
A mosque in Al-Ruhaybah (2001)

Al-Ruhaybah or Al-Ruhaibah (Arabic: الرحيبة) is a Syrian city in the Al-Qutayfah District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ar-Ruhaybah had a population of 30,450 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 173

Bibliography

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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