Al-Qabu القبو Kabu | |
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Town | |
  Al-Qabu Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°50′38″N36°27′11″E / 34.84389°N 36.45306°E /34.84389; 36.45306 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Al-Qabu |
| Elevation | 542 m (1,778 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 4,870 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Al-Qabu (Arabic:القبو, also spelledKabu) is a town in centralSyria, administratively part of theHoms Governorate, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest ofHoms.[1] Nearby localities includeal-Shinyah to the north,Taldou andKafr Laha to the northeast,Sharqliyya to the east,al-Mahfurah to the south,Rabah to the southwest andFahel to the west. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qabu had a population of 4,870 in the 2004 census.[2] The inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.[3][4]
Al-Qabu is both the administrative and commercial center of its subdistrict, providing essential services for the surrounding villages. It contains a police station, health center, telephone center, cultural center, agricultural and commercial advisory institutions, primary, secondary and vocational schools. Government or public-sector jobs provided the bulk of employment as of 2009, with a small proportion engaged in agriculture. The principal crops were olive and fig trees, the orchards of which envelope the village. Al-Qabu lacked waste treatment and had a dearth of public and private transportation, despite the large number of residents working government jobs outside the town.[1]
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