Tubna
Sign in to saveTubna (, also spelled Tubnah) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the as-Sanamayn District in the Daraa Governorate. It is situated 650 meters (2,130 ft) above sea level, about 58 km south of Damascus and 42 km north of Daraa, in the Hauran plain. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tubna had a population of 1,272 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic Christians.
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It sits within the topics Christian communities in Syria, Melkite Christian communities in Syria and Populated places in As-Sanamayn District.
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Place details
- Locality
- تبنة
- Region
- محافظة درعا
- Country
- سوريا
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tubna
- Settlement.native_name
- تبنة
- Settlement.other_name
- Tubnah
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Marjaorgios Church in the Citadel of Tubna.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- St. George Church in Tubna, 2009
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- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.grid_position
- 264/266
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Daraa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sanamayn
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sanamayn
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- تبنة
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- As-Sanamayn Subdistrict
- Population
- 4000
- Elevation
- 650
- Image
- Marjaorgios Church in the Citadel of Tubna.jpg
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- تبنة
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- Etymology
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- Early history
- Ottoman era
- Demographics
- Religious buildings
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Tubna (, also spelled Tubnah) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the as-Sanamayn District in the Daraa Governorate. It is situated 650 meters (2,130 ft) above sea level, about 58 km south of Damascus and 42 km north of Daraa, in the Hauran plain. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tubna had a population of 1,272 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic Christians.
==Etymology== Tubna is a word derived from the word ‘tibn’ (straw), due to the abundance of livestock there.
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