Khabab
Also known as ابيبا
Khabab () is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the as-Sanamayn District in the Daraa Governorate. It is situated 700 meters (2,300 ft) above sea level, about 57 km south of Damascus, in the Hauran plain. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khabab had a population of 3,379 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic Christians.
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Khabab () is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the as-Sanamayn District in the Daraa Governorate. It is situated 700 meters (2,300 ft) above sea level, about 57 km south of Damascus, in the Hauran plain. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khabab had a population of 3,379 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic Christians.
==Etymology== The old name of the town is Abiba, which in Aramaic and Syriac means a plain green grass.
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