Tuba الطوبة | |
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Village | |
  Tuba Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°16′30″N36°59′18″E / 35.274941°N 36.988388°E /35.274941; 36.988388 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Salamiyah |
| Subdistrict | Salamiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 262 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3246 |
Tuba (Arabic:الطوبة,romanized: al-Ṭūbā) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theSalamiyah District of theHama Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tuba had a population of 262 in the 2004 census.[1]
Tuba is the largest of severalByzantine-era villages on theal-A'la plateau east ofHama, which prospered during the reign ofJustinian (r. 527–565) and the late 6th century. Among the ruins in Tuba was a church dated to 582 CE, as evidenced by an inscribed basaltic lintel. The village also contained a defensive tower and several houses, at least one of which dated to 573.[2]
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