Official Name: | Lubayn |
Native Name: | لبين |
Other Name: | Lubbein |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 32.9192°N 36.3953°W |
Grid Position: | 280/258 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | as-Suwayda |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Shahba |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Ariqah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 1,730 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Lubayn (Arabic: لبين; also spelled Lubbein) is a village in the al-Suwayda Governorate in southwestern Syria. It is situated in the southern part of the Lejah plateau, northwest of the city of al-Suwayda. Lubayn had a population of 1,730 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Druze.
There are Byzantine-era (4th-6th centuries CE) ruins in Lubayn.[2]
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Libbin and was part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 20 households and 7 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; the taxes totalled 3,200 akçe.[3]
The modern-day village was established by Druze from the Murshid family sometime between 1867 and 1883.[4]