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Jubb al-Jarrah

Jubb al-Jarrah
جب الجراح
Town
Jeb al-Jarah
Jubb al-Jarrah is located in Syria
Jubb al-Jarrah
Jubb al-Jarrah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°49′0″N 37°19′0″E / 34.81667°N 37.31667°E / 34.81667; 37.31667
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Al-Mukharram
Subdistrict Jubb al-Jarrah
Population (2004)
 • Total 2,255
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Jubb al-Jarrah (Arabic: جب الجراح‎‎, also spelled Jeb al-Jarah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include al-Mukharram to the west, Salamiyah to the northwest and al-Qaryatayn further to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Jubb al-Jarrah had a population of 2,255. Like other villages in the al-Mukharram District, Jubb al-Jarrah's inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. Historian Matti Moosa claims that prominent Alawite figures from the Ba'ath Party convened secretly at Jubb al-Jarrah on 30 January 1968 and made a decision there to abolish Muslim and Christian religious teaching in Syrian schools.



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