Rablah

Rablah (Arabic: ربلة; also spelled Rableh, Ribla or Ribleh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Just east of the border with Lebanon, nearby localities include al-Nizariyah to the southwest, Zita al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Zira'ah to the northeast and Hisyah to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rableh had a population of 5,328 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Catholics.^[2][3][4]

Rablah ربلة
Village
Rablah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°27′7″N 36°33′24″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Al-Qusayr
Subdistrict	Al-Qusayr
Population  (2004)
• Total	5,328
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

History

It is considered to be the site of the ancient town of Riblah (Numbers 34:11 ), whose tell is covered by a cemetery not far from the modern town.^[5][6] In Roman times, the town also bore the name Daphne.^[7]