Gabala
Sign in to saveJableh (; '', also spelt Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah, Gabala or Gibellum) is a Mediterranean coastal city in Syria, north of Baniyas and south of Latakia, with c. 80,000 inhabitants (2004 census). As Ancient Gabala'', it was a Byzantine archbishopric and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. It contains the tomb and mosque of Ibrahim Bin Adham, a legendary Sufi mystic who renounced his throne of Balkh and devoted himself to prayers for the rest of his life.
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Place details
- Locality
- جبلة
- Region
- محافظة اللاذقية
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 65,915
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jableh
- Settlement.other_name
- Gabala
- Settlement.nickname
- Mount of the Soul ()
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jableh Collage.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- General view of city and port • Roman Amphitheater• Jableh Stadium • Entrance of Roman Theater• Landscape of Jableh • Port
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria#Mediterranean east#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- جبلة
- Country
- Byzantine Empire
- Located in
- Jablah Subdistrict
- Population
- +75505
- Elevation
- +16
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Jableh District
- Image
- Jableh Collage.jpg
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Late Bronze Age
- Kingdom of Ugarit
- Iron Age
- Classical Age
- Middle Ages
- Modern Age
- Economy
- Sports
- People
- Climate
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Jableh (; '', also spelt Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah, Gabala or Gibellum) is a Mediterranean coastal city in Syria, north of Baniyas and south of Latakia, with c. 80,000 inhabitants (2004 census). As Ancient Gabala, it was a Byzantine archbishopric and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. It contains the tomb and mosque of Ibrahim Bin Adham, a legendary Sufi mystic who renounced his throne of Balkh and devoted himself to prayers for the rest of his life.
== History == ===Late Bronze Age=== ====Kingdom of Ugarit==== Jableh has been inhabited since at least the second-millennium BCE. The city was part of the Ugaritic kingdom and was mentioned as "Gbʿly" in the archives of the city c. 1200 BC.