Official Name: | Muhambal |
Other Name: | Mhambal, Mahambel |
Native Name: | محمبل |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Idlib |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ariha |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Muhambal |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 4,970 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.7839°N 36.4694°W |
Muhambal (Arabic: محمبل, also spelled Mhambal or Mahambel) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ariha District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Muhambal had a population of 4,970 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Muhambal Subdistrict, which contained 21 localities with a collective population of 27,089 in 2004.[1] Nearby localities include Jisr al-Shughur, Bishlamun and Bizit to the west, Juzif to the south, al-Rami to the east, and Ayn Shib to the north.