Darbal ( ar, دربل, also spelled ''Drubal'' or ''Dirbul'') is a Syrian village in the

Qatana District Qatana District ( ar-at, منطقة قطنا, minṭaqat Qaṭana) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The district is located just to the east of Mount Hermon Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل ح� ...

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 ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Darbal had a population of 2,049 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Darbal's population as predominantly Sunni Muslim.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
139
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* Druze communities in Syria Populated places in Qatana District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub