Muqaylibah

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Coordinates: 33°21′9″N 36°12′13″E / 33.35250°N 36.20361°E / 33.35250; 36.20361
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Muqaylibah
المقيليبة
Village
Muqaylibah is located in Syria
Muqaylibah
Muqaylibah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°21′9″N 36°12′13″E / 33.35250°N 36.20361°E / 33.35250; 36.20361
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictMarkaz Rif Dimashq District
Subdistrictal-Kiswah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total5,022
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Muqaylibah (Arabic: مقيليبة) is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq District, Rif Dimashq.[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muqaylibah had a population of 5,022 in the 2004 census.[2] To its north are Marana, Kawkab, and the 100th Regiment Base, to its east is al-Kiswah, to its south is Al-Taybah and to its west are Deir Khabiyah and Zakiyah.[1]

History[edit]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Muqaylibah's population as being Sunni Muslims.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Al-Muqaylibah/Damascus- Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
  2. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 149

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