Syria
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Latakia Governorate

Jableh

Jableh is a Mediterranean coastal city in , 25 km north of and 25 km south of , with c. 80,000 inhabitants. As Ancient Gabala, it was a Byzantine archbishopric and remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
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  • Type: City with 54,000 residents
  • Description: town in Latakia Governorate, Syria
  • Also known as: “Djéblé”, “Jable”, “Jebele”, “Jebeleh”, “Jebelli”, “Jeble”, and “Qardaha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tell Tweini and Jableh Stadium.

Archaeological site
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, possibly the ancient town of Gibala, is a 12 hectare archaeological site located 1 kilometre east of the modern city of Jableh, . It is situated within the coastal plain of Jableh, a short distance of two other main archaeological sites: Tell Sukas and Tell Siyannu.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium located in Jableh, . It is used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Jableh SC. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Jableh

Latitude
35.3611° or 35° 21′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.9235° or 35° 55′ 25″ east
Population
54,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
8G7Q9W6F+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 572553745
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
169304
Wiki­data ID
Q175923
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Jableh” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhebele”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Γάβαλα”
  • Arabic: “القرداحة (سوريا)”
  • Arabic: “جبلة”
  • Arabic: “عين العروس ، القرداحة”
  • Armenian: “Ջաբլե”
  • Asturian: “Jableh”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cəblə”
  • Basque: “Jabla”
  • Bulgarian: “Джебла”
  • Catalan: “Gabala”
  • Catalan: “Jableh”
  • Cebuano: “Jablah”
  • Central Kurdish: “جەبلە”
  • Chinese: “杰卜莱”
  • Croatian: “Džabla”
  • Czech: “Džabla”
  • Dutch: “Jableh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبله”
  • Finnish: “Jabla”
  • Finnish: “Jablah”
  • Finnish: “Jable”
  • Finnish: “Jableh”
  • French: “Djablé”
  • French: “Djableh”
  • French: “Jablah”
  • French: “Jablé”
  • French: “Jableh”
  • Galician: “Jableh”
  • Georgian: “ჯაბლა”
  • Georgian: “ჯაბლეი”
  • German: “Dschabla”
  • Greek: “Τζαμπλέ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בלה”
  • Hebrew: “ג׳בלה”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsabla”
  • Indonesian: “Jableh”
  • Italian: “Jable”
  • Japanese: “ジャブラ”
  • Japanese: “ジャブレ”
  • Korean: “자불l에”
  • Korean: “자블라”
  • Korean: “자블레”
  • Kurdish: “Ceblê”
  • Latin: “Gabala”
  • Lithuanian: “Džabala”
  • Lithuanian: “Džebla”
  • Malay: “Jableh”
  • Mazanderani: “جبله”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jableh”
  • Persian: “جبله”
  • Polish: “Dżabla”
  • Portuguese: “Jabala”
  • Portuguese: “Jableh”
  • Russian: “Джабла”
  • Russian: “Джебла”
  • Scots: “Jableh”
  • Serbian: “Џабла”
  • Slovenian: “Džabla”
  • Spanish: “Jableh”
  • Swedish: “Jabla”
  • Tajik: “Ҷабла”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “جبلة”
  • Turkish: “Cebele”
  • Turkish: “Ceble”
  • Ukrainian: “Джебла”
  • Urdu: “جبلہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Jableh”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jableh”. Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.