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
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
  Total30,450
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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. 1 2 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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