Halboun

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Halboun or Halbun ({{langx|ar|حلبون}}) is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Halboun had a population of 6,521 in the 2004 census.[https://archive.today/20130113005801/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-19-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/172/mode/1up 172]

History

Halboun, which was mentioned as Chalybon ({{langx|el|Χαλυβάν}}) by Ptolemy and Strabo, was famous for its fine wine, in which it was considered as a luxury to the Persian kings in the Eber-Nari satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire.{{cite web|url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/H/helbon.html|title=Helbon|work=Biblical Cyclopedia}}

There are several Roman ruins found in Halboun, most famously the inscriptions which date back to the reign of Herod Agrippa II.{{cite web|url=http://www.dgam.gov.sy/?d=245&id=1580|title=Halboun - حلبون|work=Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums|language=Arabic|date=26 March 2018}}

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  • {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}

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{{Rif Dimashq Governorate|tall}}

Category:Populated places in Al-Tall District

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