Al-Qabu, Syria

This article is about the town in Syria. For the depopulated Palestinian Arab village, see al-Qabu.

Al-Qabu (Arabic: القبو, also spelled Kabu) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of Homs.^[1] Nearby localities include al-Shinyah to the north, Taldou and Kafr Laha to the northeast, Sharqliyya to the east, al-Mahfurah to the south, Rabah to the southwest and Fahel to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qabu had a population of 4,870 in the 2004 census.^[2] The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[3][4]

Al-Qabu القبو Kabu
Town
Al-Qabu Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°50′38″N 36°27′11″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	Al-Qabu
Elevation	542 m (1,778 ft)
Population  (2004)
• Total	4,870
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Al-Qabu is both the administrative and commercial center of its subdistrict, providing essential services for the surrounding villages. It contains a police station, health center, telephone center, cultural center, agricultural and commercial advisory institutions, primary, secondary and vocational schools. Government or public-sector jobs provided the bulk of employment as of 2009, with a small proportion engaged in agriculture. The principal crops were olive and fig trees, the orchards of which envelope the village. Al-Qabu lacked waste treatment and had a dearth of public and private transportation, despite the large number of residents working government jobs outside the town.^[1]