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]