Official Name: | Halbakko |
Other Name: | Helbakko |
Native Name: | حلبكو |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Latakia |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jableh District |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Beit Yashout |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 292 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 35.3342°N 36.1569°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Qrya Pcode |
Blank Info Sec1: | C3660 |
Halbakko (ar|حلبكو; also transliterated Helbakko) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in Latakia Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Halbakko had a population of 292 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Alawites. The village was originally founded by the residents of nearby Beit Yashout as a forested outpost on the hill above their village. It has an elevation of 1000m (3,000feet) above sea level. It was among the Alawite villages that revolted or resisted Ottoman authority in the period immediately following the Ottoman conquest of Syria in 1517. By 1547, the village was recorded to have paid 300 dirhems or piasters and its inhabitants were classified as part of the Alawite Kalbiyya tribal confederation.