Khabab
Khabab خبب | |
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Veelage | |
  Khabab Location in Sirie | |
| Coordinates: 33°0′51.39″N 36°16′29.76″E / 33.0142750°N 36.2749333°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Daraa Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Al-Sanamayn Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Al-Sanamayn |
| Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 3,379 |
| Website | http://www.chabab.sy/ |
Khabab (Arabic: خبب, Syriac: ܓܒܒ, Khababb) is a toun locatit in soothren Sirie in the glen Hauran, locatit in the Daraa Govrenorate. Khabab is 36 mile awa frae Soothern Damascus. The auld name o the toun is Abiba in the auld Sirie leids Aramaic, Syriac, (Assyrian), it means a plain green grass.
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]The population inside the toun is 10,000 an aroond 40,000 who are livin ootside Sirie, maist o them are scattered atween, Fraunce, USA, Brazil, an Australie.
The population o Khabab are Christians an follae the Melkite Greek Catholic Kirk (Byzantine). see the wab steid o Khabab for mair information http://www.khabab.com
Leid
[eedit | eedit soorce]The maist common leid spoken is Arabic. Ither leids include French an the oreeginal leid o the kirk is Greek. Inglis is beginnin tae become mair commonly spoken.
Airchitectur
[eedit | eedit soorce]There are fower kirks in Khabab: S't Mary, S't Tarez, S't Elliot, S't Mikeal, an there is a cathedral an a convent o Sisters o Love.