Uqayribat
عقيربات Oqeirbat, Aqayrbat | |
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Town | |
  Uqayribat Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°02′35″N 37°27′57″E / 35.043050°N 37.465696°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Salamiyah |
| Subdistrict | Uqayribat |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 2,745 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3315 |
Uqayribat (Arabic: عقيربات ALA-LC: ʿUqayribāt) also spelled Oqeirbat, Uzeiribat, ′Aqayrbat, ′Agareb, Aaqerbate, Occariba or Occaraba is a Syrian town in the Uqayribat Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District in Hama Governorate. It is situated at the western foot of Jabal Bal'as and along the route connecting Palmyra (Tadmur) to the southeast with Salamiyah to the west.[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), ′Uqayribat had a population of 2,745 in the 2004 census.[2]
- ^ Geyer, Bernard (2001). Conquête de la steppe et appropriation des terres sur les marges arides du Croissant fertile (in French). Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. p. 104. ISBN 9782903264789.
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.