Jdeidat Yabous
جديدة يابوس Jdeidet Yabous | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Jdeidat Yabous Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°39′14″N 35°58′18″E / 33.65389°N 35.97167°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
| District | Qudsaya District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Dimas |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 994 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Jdeidat Yabous (Arabic: جديدة يابوس; also spelled Jdeidet Yabous), previously known as Ainkania, is a village situated 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of Damascus, Syria.[2][3][4] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 994 in the 2004 census.[1]
The village sits in the hills, on the border between Syria and Lebanon where a checkpoint is operated between the two countries. Weapons have been seized at the checkpoint, being smuggled from Lebanon concealed in the floor of a truck, to arm rebels in the Syrian civil war.[5]
There are seams of iron ore in the area.[4]
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004[permanent dead link]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ May M. Hourani; Charles M. Heyda; United States Board on Geographic Names; United States Defense Mapping Agency (1983). Gazetteer of Syria: names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Defense Mapping Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ Susanne Carlsson (29 April 2010). Hellenistic democracies: freedom, independence and political procedure in some east Greek city-states. Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3-515-09265-4. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ a b Jan Petránek; Franklyn Bosworth Van Houten; International Geological Correlation Programme. Project 277, Phanerozoic Oolitic Ironstones (1997). Phanerozoic ooidal ironstones: contribution to the International Geological Correlation Programme: Project 277-Phanerozoic Ooidal Ironstones. Czech Geological Survey. ISBN 978-80-7075-245-6. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "SANA: Syrian authorities seize arms coming from Lebanon, Now Lebanon, 29 September 2011". Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2012.