An-Nabk
| An Nabk النبك Al-Nabk |
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  An Nabk
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| Coordinates: 34°01′N 36°43′E / 34.017°N 36.717°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Rif Dimashq Govrenorate |
| Destrict | An-Nabk Destrict |
| Hicht | 1,255 m (4,117 ft) |
| Indwallers (2007 est.) | |
| - Tot | 52,502 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Simmer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
An Nabk[1] or Al-Nabk (Arabic: النبك) is a Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate an the caipital o the Qalamoun. Locatit 81 kilometers (50 mi) north o Damascus an sooth o Homs. It haes an altitude o 1255 meters. It haes a population o 52,502 as o 2007, makkin it the 35t lairgest ceety per geographical entity in Sirie. The Monastery o Saunt Moses the Abyssinie (Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi) is locatit alang the Anti-Lebanon Muntains near Nabk an dates back tae at least the 6t century.[1]
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History[edit]
Al-Nabk haes been mentioned bi Arab geographers frae the 12t tae 13t centuries CE. Ibn Jubayr recordit that it wis a veelage north o Damascus "wi hintle runnin watter an broad arable fields." Yaqut al-Hamawi wrote in 1225 that "is a fine veelage wi excellent proveesions... There is here a curious spring which runs cauld in the simmer, an wi clear, excellent water. They say its source is at Yabrud."[2]
Landmarks[edit]
Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, the monastery o Monastery o Saunt Moses the Abyssinie, sits abuin the toun tae the wast.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "An Nabk City - Syria" Homs Online
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p.511.
