Halboun or Halbun ( ar, حلبون) is a Syrian village in the

Al-Tall District al-Tall District ( ar-at, منطقة التل, manṭiqat al-Tall) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, ...

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), Halboun had a population of 6,521 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

Halboun which was mentioned as ''Chalybon'' ( gr, Χαλυβάν) by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

and Strabo, was famous for its fine wine, in which it was considered as a luxury to the Persian kings in the

Eber-Nari Eber-Nari (Akkadian, also Ebir-Nari), Abar-Nahara עבר-נהרה (Aramaic) or 'Ābēr Nahrā ( Syriac) meaning "Beyond the River" or "Across the River" in both the Akkadian and Imperial Aramaic languages of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, i.e., the West ...

satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. There are several Roman ruins found in Halboun, most famously the inscriptions which date back to the reign of

Herod Agrippa II Herod Agrippa II (; AD 27/28 – or 100), officially named Marcus Julius Agrippa and sometimes shortened to Agrippa, was the last ruler from the Herodian dynasty, reigning over territories outside of Judea as a Roman client. Agrippa II fled ...

References

Bibliography

* Populated places in Al-Tall District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub