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Jubb'adin

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Country
  
Syria

Nahiyah
  
Ma'loula

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:31 AM

District
  
Al-Qutayfah District

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code
  
11

Jubb'adin

Governorate
  
Rif Dimashq Governorate

Weather
  
-2°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 97% Humidity

Jubb'adin or Jubaadeen (Arabic: جبعدين‎‎) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamun Mountains. Nearby localities include Saidnaya and Rankous to the southwest, Yabroud and Ma'loula to the northeast, and Assal al-Ward to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jubb'adin had a population of 3,778 in the 2004 census.

Map of Jabadeen, Syria

The village is among the three last remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is still spoken. The village's inhabitants are mostly Muslims.

References

Jubb'adin Wikipedia