Sibbeh ( ar, سبة, also spelled Sebbeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, located northeast of

Safita Safita ( ar, صَافِيتَا '; phn, 𐤎‬𐤐𐤕‬𐤄, ''Sōpūte'') is a city in the Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located to the southeast of Tartous and to the northwest of Krak des Chevaliers. It is situated on the tops ...

in the

Tartus Governorate Tartus Governorate, also transliterated as Tartous Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة طرطوس / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Latakia Governorate to t ...

. It is situated atop two hills and the valley between them, in the Syrian coastal mountain range. Nearby localities

Mashta al-Helu Mashta al-Helu ( ar, مشتى الحلو, also known as Meshta al-Helu or Mashta al-Helo) is a town and resort in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located 35 kilometers east of Tartus. The village is located in ...

and

al-Kafrun Al-Kafrun ( ar, الكفرون; also spelled ''Kafroun'') is a Syrian village in the Tartous Governorate. It is situated in the an-Nusayriyah Mountains range at above sea level, making it a summer resort for locals who want to escape the hot su ...

to the south,

Duraykish Duraykish ( ar, دريكيش, Duraykīš, also spelled Dreikiche) is a city in Syria, in the Tartus Governorate, at a distance of about 32 km east of Tartus. The name ''Dreikiche'' stems from Latin, and means "three caves". The town is famous ...

to the west,

Wadi al-Oyun Wadi al-'Uyun ( ar, وادي العيون, also spelled Wadi al-Oyun, Wady Aloyon or Wadi al-Ayun; transliteration: "Valley of the Springs") is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. ...

to the northwest and

Ayn al-Shams Ayn al-Shams ( ar, عين الشمس) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located in Homs Gap southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Ayn Halaqim, Nisaf and Baarin to the east, and Mashta al-Helu ...

to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sibbeh had a population of 3,061 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Sibbeh subdistrict (''

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 ...

'') which consisted of six localities with a collective population of 7,614.

References

Populated places in Safita District Towns in Syria Alawite communities in Syria {{TartusSY-geo-stub