Jubbayn () is a village in central

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, administratively part of the

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of the

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. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jubbayn had a population of 3,488 in the 2004 census. The inhabitants of Jubbayn are

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History

Jubbayn was settled in 1921 by the Smathie, a breakaway tribe of the

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, a semi-nomadic

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confederation in northwestern and central Syria, who were brought in to cultivate the village lands by the owners, the Baroudi family of

Hama Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...

city.

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* 1920s establishments in Mandatory Syria Populated places in Mahardah District {{HamaSY-geo-stub