Gabala

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.

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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
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Latakia Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jableh District

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Wikidata facts

Official name: جبلة
Population: 75505
Elevation: 16
Image: Jableh Collage.jpg
Dialing code: 23

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Commons category: Jableh
native label: جبلة
P8168: Sabine Hack
P12749: Beelen

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History
Late Bronze Age
Kingdom of Ugarit
Iron Age
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Modern Age
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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.