Al-Rabiaa

Al-Rabiaa (Arabic: الربيعة‎, also spelled al-Rabie or Rabi'a) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, west of Hama. Nearby localities include Tayzin and Matnin to the east, Kafr al-Tun to the north, Umm al-Tuyur to the northwest, Deir al-Salib to the west, Billin to the southwest, al-Muaa to the south and Kafr Buhum to the southeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Rabiaa had a population of 7,508 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2][3]

This article is about the village near Hama, Syria. For the Syrian village in Latakia Governorate, see Rabia, Syria. For the suburb of Beirut, see Rabieh.

Al-Rabiaa الربيعة Al-Rabie
Village
Al-Rabiaa Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°5′58″N 36°36′49″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Hama
Subdistrict	Hama
Population  (2004)
• Total	2,129

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at Archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Smith, 1841, p. 178.
3. Rosen, Nir. Assad's Alawites: The guardians of the throne. Al Jazeera English. 2011-10-11.

Bibliography

• Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.