Al-Qabu ( ar, القبو, also spelled Kabu) is a town in central
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, administratively part of the
Homs Governorate, northwest of
Homs
Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...
. Nearby localities include
al-Shinyah
Al-Shinyah ( ar, الشنية, also spelled al-Shiniyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Fahel to the southwest, al-Qabu to the south, Sharqliyya ...
to the north,
Taldou and
Kafr Laha to the northeast,
Sharqliyya
Sharqliyya ( ar, شرقلية, also spelled Sharqlieh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Qabu and al-Shinyah to the west, al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah ...
to the east,
al-Mahfurah to the south,
Rabah
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It has an area of 2,433 km and a population of 149,165 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 842.
Rabah was the home town ...
to the southwest and
Fahel
Leandro Fahel Matos or simply Fahel (born 15 August 1981 in Teófilo Otoni), is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
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;Botafogo ...
to the west. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qabu had a population of 4,870 in the 2004 census.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. The inhabitants are predominantly
Alawite
The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isl ...
s.
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Populated places in Homs District
Towns in Syria
Alawite communities in Syria
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