Khabab
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Khabab خبب |
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| Village | |
 Khabab
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| Coordinates: 33°0′51.39″N 36°16′29.76″E / 33.0142750°N 36.2749333°E | |
| Grid position | 269/271 PAL |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Daraa Governorate |
| District | Al-Sanamayn District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Sanamayn |
| Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 3,379 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | http://www.chabab.sy/ |
Khabab (Arabic: خبب, Syriac: ܟܚܐܒܐܒ, Khababb) is a town located in southern Syria in the Hauran plain, part of the Daraa Governorate, 57 km (~36 miles) south of Damascus and about the same distance from the city of Daraa.
The old name of the town is Abiba, which in Aramaic and Syriac means a plain green grass.
In 1596 Khabab appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Habab and was part of the nahiya of Bani Kilab in the Qada of Hauran. It had a Muslim population consisting of 45 households and 30 bachelors, and a Christian population consisting of 3 households and 2 bachelors. Taxes were paid on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives.
The population inside the town is 8,000-10,000 (According to the seasons in summer most people return summer vacations) and around 40,000 who are living outside Syria, most of them are scattered between, France, United States, Canada, Brazil and Australia and a number of Arab countries.
- Population Growth: 1.01% - The proportion: Females 51%, Males 49%.
The most common language spoken is Arabic. Other languages include French and English as foreign languages.
The population of Khabab is mostly made up of Christians, in particular members of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, whose Archeparchy of Bosra–Hauran has its see in the city's cathedral of the Dormition. Other churches include of Saint Rita and Saint Michael, plus a nunnery of the Besançon Charity Sisters.
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