Al-Qutailibiyah Explained

Official Name:Al-Qutailibiyah
Other Name:Kotailabiyeh
Native Name:القطيلبية
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Latakia
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jableh
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:al-Qutailibiyah
Settlement Type:Town
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:5,566
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:35.2889°N 36.0153°W

Al-Qutailibiyah (Arabic: القطيلبية, also spelled Kotailabiyah or Qutelbyeh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the Latakia Governorate, located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Arab al-Mulk and Qurfays and Sarabion to the west, Jableh to the northwest, Siyano to the north, Ayn al-Sharqiyah to the northeast, Daliyah to the southeast and Dweir Baabda to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qutailibiyah had a population of 5,566 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Qutailibiyah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which contained 32 localities with a total population of 32,582 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites from the Bani Ali (part of the Haddadin tribal confederation) and the Kharalis Ghuraba (part of the Kalbiyya confederation) clans.[2]

Many of al-Qutailibiyah's residents have connections with the country's security establishment, particularly in relation to Ali Douba, and a number of al-Qutailibiyah's businesses, especially wholesalers who sell their products to businesses in the vicinity of the al-Ghab plain, have benefited from these ties substantially.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215214629/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-11-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Book: Balanche, Fabrice. Les Alaouites l'espace et le pouvoir. Karthala Editions. 2006. 2845868189. French. Fabrice Balanche.