An-Nabk

An Nabk^[1] or Al-Nabk (Arabic: النبك‎) is a Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate an the caipital o the Qalamoun. Locatit 81 kilometers (50 mi) north o Damascus an sooth o Homs. It haes an altitude o 1255 meters. It haes a population o 90,000 as o 2014 , makkin it the 35t lairgest ceety per geographical entity in Sirie. The Monastery o Saunt Moses the Abyssinie (Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi) is locatit alang the Anti-Lebanon Muntains near Nabk an dates back tae at least the 6t century.^[1]

An Nabk النبك Al-Nabk
An Nabk Location in Sirie
Coordinates: 34°01′N 36°43′E
Kintra	Sirie
Govrenorate	Rif Dimashq Govrenorate
Destrict	An-Nabk Destrict
Elevation	1255 m (4,117 ft)
Population  (2014 est.)
• Total	90,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

History

Al-Nabk haes been mentioned bi Arab geographers frae the 12t tae 13t centuries CE. Ibn Jubayr recordit that it wis a veelage north o Damascus "wi hintle runnin watter an broad arable fields." Yaqut al-Hamawi wrote in 1225 that "is a fine veelage wi excellent proveesions... There is here a curious spring which runs cauld in the simmer, an wi clear, excellent water. They say its source is at Yabrud."^[2]

Landmarks

Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, the monastery o Monastery o Saunt Moses the Abyssinie, sits abuin the toun tae the wast.^[1]