Qubaybat Abu al-Huda
Village in Hama, Syria
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Qubaybat Abu al-Huda (Arabic: قبيبات أبو الهدى; also spelled Qbeibat) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Suran Subdistrict of the Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qubaybat Abu al-Huda had a population of 402 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Alawites.
Qubaybat Abu al-Huda
قبيبات أبو الهدى | |
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Village | |
  Qubaybat Abu al-Huda Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°22′20″N 36°51′23″E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Suran |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 402 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3033 |
History
In the late 19th century or first decade of the 20th century, during Ottoman rule (1517–1918), Qubaybat was sold by the tribe of Bani Khalid, semi-nomadic Bedouins of central Syria, to the prominent Shishakli family of Hama. The Shishakli family sold it to another prominent Hama family, the Kaylani, in 1905. The inhabitants were Alawite tenant farmers who were settled in the village by its urban landlords to cultivate its lands in the 1920s or early 1930s.[2]