Sibbeh, Syria Explained

Official Name:Sibbeh
Other Name:Sebbeh
Native Name:قرية سبة
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:Tartus
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Safita
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Sibbeh
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:3,061
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:34.9033°N 36.2372°W
Elevation M:650
Area Code:43

Sibbeh (Arabic: سبة, also spelled Sebbeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, located 17km (11miles) northeast of Safita in the Tartus Governorate. It is situated atop two hills and the valley between them, in the Syrian coastal mountain range. Nearby localities Mashta al-Helu and al-Kafrun to the south, Duraykish to the west, Wadi al-Oyun to the northwest and Ayn al-Shams to the northeast.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sibbeh had a population of 3,061 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Sibbeh subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of six localities with a collective population of 7,614.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sibbeh nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216000102/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-18-2004.htm . dead . 2019-12-16 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-02 .