Babbila ( ar, ببيلا, also spelled Bebbila) is a town in southern

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

Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the ...

, located on the southern outskirts of

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

to the east of the

Yarmouk Camp Yarmouk ( ar, مُخَيَّم ٱلْيَرْمُوْك / ALA-LC: ', ) is a district of the city of Damascus, populated by Palestinians, with hospitals and schools. It is located from the center of Damascus and within municipal boundaries (but ...

. Nearby localities include

al-Hajar al-Aswad Al-Hajar al-Aswad ( ar, اَلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَدُ, al-Ḥajaru l-Aswad, lit=The Black Stone) is a Syrian city just south of the centre of Damascus in the Darayya District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syri ...

, Jaramana,

Sayyidah Zaynab Sayyidah Zaynab ( ar, السيدة زينب, as-Sayyidah Zaynab; meaning "Lady Zaynab"), commonly known as Sitt Zaynab ( ar, ست زينب), is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate of Syria, south of Damascus, the national capital. With a popula ...

al-Sabinah Al-Sabinah ( ar, السبينة) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus in the western Ghouta. Nearby localities include Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, Darayya, Muadamiyat al-Sham, ...

and Yalda. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Babbila had a population of 50,880 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. The town is also the administrative center of the Babbila ''

nahiyah A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...

'' consisting of 13 towns and villages with a combined population of 341,625.

References

{{Cities of Syria Populated places in Markaz Rif Dimashq District Towns in Syria