Al-Qabu (, also spelled Kabu) is a town in central

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, administratively part of the

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, located northwest of

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. Nearby localities include

al-Shinyah Al-Shinyah (, also spelled al-Shiniyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Fahel to the southwest, al-Qabu to the south, Sharqliyya to the southeast, ...

to the north,

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and

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to the northeast,

Sharqliyya Sharqliyya (, also spelled Sharqlieh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Qabu and al-Shinyah to the west, al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, ...

to the east,

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to the south, Rabah to the southwest and

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to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qabu had a population of 4,870 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
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, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
180
/ref> Al-Qabu is both the administrative and commercial center of its subdistrict, providing essential services for the surrounding villages. It contains a police station, health center, telephone center, cultural center, agricultural and commercial advisory institutions, primary, secondary and vocational schools. Government or public-sector jobs provided the bulk of employment as of 2009, with a small proportion engaged in agriculture. The principal crops were olive and fig trees, the orchards of which envelope the village. Al-Qabu lacked waste treatment and had a dearth of public and private transportation, despite the large number of residents working government jobs outside the town.

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* Populated places in Homs District Towns in Syria Alawite communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub