Dhibin
ذيبين Dhaybin, Thibin | |
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Village | |
  Dhibin Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′13″N 36°33′53″E / 32.43694°N 36.56472°E | |
| Grid position | 297/205 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | As-Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Dhibin |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 2,562 |
Dhibin (Arabic: ذيبين; also spelled Dhaybin or Thibin) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Salkhad District of the al-Suwayda Governorate. It is located south of al-Suwayda, near the southern border with Jordan. Nearby localities include Bakka to the north, Salkhad to the northeast, Umm al-Rumman to the east, Samaj to the west and Samad to the northwest. In the 2004 census it had a population of 2,562. It is the administrative center of the Dhibin Nahiyah, which consisted of three villages with a collective population of 6,900 in 2004.[1]
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.