Jubb al-Jarrah (Arabic: جب الجراح, also spelled Jeb al-Jarah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include al-Mukharram to the west, Salamiyah to the northwest and al-Qaryatayn further to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Jubb al-Jarrah had a population of 2,255.[1] Like other villages in the al-Mukharram District, Jubb al-Jarrah's inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2][3] Historian Matti Moosa claims that prominent Alawite figures from the Ba'ath Party convened secretly at Jubb al-Jarrah on 30 January 1968 and made a decision there to abolish Muslim and Christian religious teaching in Syrian schools.[4]
Jubb al-Jarrah
جب الجراح | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Jeb al-Jarah | |
  Jubb al-Jarrah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°49′0″N 37°19′0″E / 34.81667°N 37.31667°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Al-Mukharram |
| Subdistrict | Jubb al-Jarrah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,255 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
References
edit- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
- ^ "Al-Qaeda-linked rebels claim Syrian sectarian killings". Times of Israel. Associated Press. 2013-09-16.
- ^ Moosa, Matti (1987). Extremist Shiites: The Ghulat Sects. Syracuse University Press. p. 307. ISBN 9780815624110.
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