Al-Suqaylabiyah
Al-Suqaylabiyah (Arabic: السقيلبيه As Suqailabiya) is a Greek Orthodox Christian Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae Hama Govrenorate. Al-Suqaylabiyah is locatit at a hicht o 220 meters abuin sea level. Accordin tae the 2004 offeecial census, the toun haes a population o 17,313.
Al-Suqaylabiyah السقيلبيه | |
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  Al-Suqaylabiyah Location in Sirie | |
| Coordinates: 35°22′11″N 36°22′48″E / 35.36972°N 36.38000°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Hama Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Al-Suqaylabiyah Destrict |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (2008 est.) | |
| • Total | 17,313 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
The name goes back tae the auncient Seleucia ad Belum, a toun o Hellenistic foondation that wis locatit amaist at the same place. The steid wis gien up durin the middle ages an repeopled at the beginnin o the 19t century.