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Rabia, Syria

Town in northwestern Syria

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Town in northwestern Syria

Field	Value
official_name	Al-Rabiea
native_name	الربيعة
pushpin_map	Syria
pushpin_mapsize	250
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Latakia
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Latakia
subdivision_type3	Subdistrict
subdivision_name3	Rabia
settlement_type	Town
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2004 census
population_total	1986
population_footnotes
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
timezone_DST	EEST
utc_offset_DST	+3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type

Al-Rabiea (), also spelled Rabia () is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Kesab to the north, Mashqita and Ayn al-Bayda to the southwest and Qastal Ma'af to the west. It is located in the Bayirbucak region. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Rabia had a population of 1,986 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Rabia nahiyah ("subdistrict"), which consisted of 21 localities with a collective population of 8,214 in 2004. The inhabitants of the town and the subdistrict are predominantly Sunni Muslim of Turkmen origin.

During the Syrian civil war, it was controlled by the Syrian Turkmen Brigades of the Free Syrian Army until 24 January 2016, when Syrian government forces supported by Russian air strikes took control of the town, cutting off a channel of supplies for the anti-Assad rebels from Turkey and returned the city to government control.

References

[https://archive.today/20121209010550/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-3-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang. ar
Balanche, Fabrice. (2006). "La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien". Karthala Editions.
(24 January 2016). "Syria conflict: Major rebel town 'seized' in boost for Assad". BBC News.

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