Halboun
Halboun or Halbun is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Halboun had a population of 6,521 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Khaled zeen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 6,520 residents
- Description: village in Syria, known in antiquity for its wine
- Also known as: “Chalybon”, “Halbon”, “Halboûn”, “Halbun”, “Ḩalbūn”, and “Helbon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Tall.
Al-Tall
Town
Al-Tall is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate and capital of the al-Tall District. Situated in the middle of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, having an elevation of roughly 1,000 meters above sea level. Al-Tall is situated 9 km southeast of Halboun.
Halboun
- Categories: village, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.66323° or 33° 39′ 48″ northLongitude
36.2475° or 36° 14′ 51″ eastPopulation
6,520Elevation
1,276 metres (4,186 feet)Open location code
8G5RM67W+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 573519533OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
170045Wikidata ID
Q16892062
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