Al-Ruhaybah

Al-Ruhaybah or Al-Ruhaibah (Arabic: الرحيبة) is a Syrian city in the Al-Qutayfah District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ar-Ruhaybah had a population of 30,450 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.^[2]

Al-Ruhaybah الرحيبة Al-Ruhaibah
Al-Ruhaybah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°44′36.9″N 36°42′04.2″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	al-Qutayfah
Subdistrict	ar-Ruhaybah
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	30,450
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 173

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.