Saqba

Saqba (; also spelled Sakba or Siqba) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, 7 km east of central Damascus. Nearby localities include Jisrin to the southeast, Kafr Batna to the southwest, Hizzah to the southwest and Hamouriyah and Beit Sawa to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Saqba had a population of 25,696 in the 2004 census.

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Place details

Locality: سقبا
Region: محافظة ريف دمشق
Country: سوريا
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Saqba
Settlement.other_name: Sakba
Settlement.native_name: سقبا
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rif Dimashq Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Markaz Rif Dimashq
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Nahiya
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kafr Batna
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2004
Settlement.population_total: 25696

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Wikidata facts

Population: 25654
Elevation: 650

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History
Modern era
Syrian Civil War
References
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==History== Study and recitation of the Quran was held in the mosque of Saqba as early as the 12th century when its khatib was Ahmad ibn Hasan al-Kafatabi. Saqba was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village of the Ghautah of Damascus."