Al-Qabu, Syria

Al-Qabu

القبو
Kabu
Al-Qabu القبو Kabu
Town
	Al-Qabu Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 34°50′38″N 36°27′11″E / 34.84389°N 36.45306°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	Al-Qabu
Elevation	542 m (1,778 ft)
Population (2004)
• Total	4,870
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

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Al-Qabu (Arabic: القبو, also spelled Kabu) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Shinyah to the north, Taldou and Kafr Laha to the northeast, Sharqliyya to the east, al-Mahfurah to the south, Rabah to the southwest and Fahel to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qabu had a population of 4,870 in the 2004 census.^[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2]^[3]

References

^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ With Both Barrels. The Economist. 2012-06-16.
^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 180

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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[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] With Both Barrels. The Economist. 2012-06-16.

[3] Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 180

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