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Rabia, Syria

Al-Rabiea
الربيعة
Gebelli ( غابللي )
Town
Al-Rabiea is located in Syria
Al-Rabiea
Al-Rabiea
Coordinates: 35°47′9″N 36°2′17″E / 35.78583°N 36.03806°E / 35.78583; 36.03806
Country  Syria
Governorate Latakia Governorate
District Latakia District
Nahiyah Rabia
Population (2004 census)
 • Total 1,986
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Gaballe (Turkish: Gebelli,Arabic: غابللي‎, translit. Gaballī‎) or Al-Rabiea (Turkish: El-Rabia,Arabic: الربيعة‎, translit. Al-Rābeīā‎), also spelled Rabia (Arabic: ربيعة‎, translit. Rābīāh‎) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Kesab to the north, Mashqita and Ayn al-Bayda to the southwest and Qastal Ma'af to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Rabia had a population of 1,986 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Rabia nahiyah ("subdistrict"), which consisted of 21 localities with a collective population of 8,214 in 2004. The inhabitants of the town and the subdistrict are predominantly Sunni Muslims of Turkmen origin.


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