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Abu Qubays
أبو قبيس Qal'at Abu Qobeis | |
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Village | |
 Skyline of Abu Qubays fortress, 2004 | |
  Abu Qubays Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°14′10″N 36°18′52″E / 35.23611°N 36.31444°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Al-Suqaylabiyah |
| Subdistrict | Tell Salhab |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 758 |
Abu Qubays (Arabic: أبو قبيس also spelled Abu Qobeis, Abu Qubais or Bu Kubais; also known as Qartal) is a former medieval castle and currently an inhabited village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. It is situated in the al-Ghab plain, west of the Orontes River. Nearby localities include Daliyah 21 kilometers to the west,[1] al-Laqbah to the south, Deir Shamil to the southeast, Tell Salhab to the northeast and Nahr al-Bared further northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Abu Qubays had a population of 758 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[3][4]
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Lee137was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
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Moosa275was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Douwes, 2000, p. 185.