An-Nabk
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 90,000 as o 2014 , 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]
An Nabk النبك Al-Nabk | |
|---|---|
  An Nabk Location in Sirie | |
| Coordinates: 34°01′N 36°43′E / 34.017°N 36.717°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Rif Dimashq Govrenorate |
| Destrict | An-Nabk Destrict |
| Elevation | 1255 m (4,117 ft) |
| Population (2014 est.) | |
| • Total | 90,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
History
eeditAl-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
eeditDeir Mar Musa al-Habashi, the monastery o Monastery o Saunt Moses the Abyssinie, sits abuin the toun tae the wast.[1]
References
eedit- ↑ a b c "An Nabk City - Syria" Homs Online
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p.511.
Bibliography
eedit- le Strange, Guy (1890), Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500, Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund
Freemit airtins
eedit- Al Nabk.net Archived 2007-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Al Nabk.com
- 4nabk.com Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine