Rabu′ ( ar, ربعو, also spelled Rabho) is a
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 ...
n village located in the
Masyaf Subdistrict
Masyaf Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز مصياف) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Masyaf Subdistrict had a population of 68184 in the 200 ...
in
Masyaf District, located west of
Hama
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. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rabu′ had a population of 2,288 in the 2004 census.
Rabu' is the site of the ancient
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
fortress town of Aribna, part of
Lubama. It was where the Assyrian emperor
Ashurnasirpal I lodged when the
Lukuti area was ravaged.
[Boulanger, 1966, p. 369.]
The tomb of a holy man who was widely venerated in the Masyaf area is located in Rabu'. According to local folklore, "only a man with a clear conscience" could pass through its entrance.
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Populated places in Masyaf District
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