District Al-Mukharram Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Wednesday 5:31 AM | Subdistrict Jubb al-Jarrah Population 2,255 (2004) | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 94% Humidity | ||
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. Like other villages in the al-Mukharram District, Jubb al-Jarrah's inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. 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.
Map of Jubb Al -Jarah, Syria
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