al-Qabu, Syria

{{about|the town in Syria|the depopulated Palestinian Arab village|al-Qabu}}

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Al-Qabu ({{langx|ar|القبو}}, also spelled Kabu) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located {{convert|30|km|mi|sp=us}} northwest of Homs.{{cite web |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Shadi |title="القبو ".. طبيعة تسحر عيون الناظرين (Al-Qabu: A Nature that Enchants the Eyes of the Onlookers) |url=https://www.esyria.sy/2009/10/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86 |website=e-Syria |access-date=27 January 2025 |language=Arabic |date=21 October 2009}} Nearby localities include al-Shinyah to the north, Taldou and Kafr Laha to the northeast, Sharqliyya to the east, al-Mahfurah to the south, Rabah to the southwest and Fahel to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qabu had a population of 4,870 in the 2004 census.[https://archive.today/20121220184336/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-11-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[http://www.economist.com/node/21556952 With Both Barrels]. The Economist. 2012-06-16.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/180/mode/1up 180]

Al-Qabu is both the administrative and commercial center of its subdistrict, providing essential services for the surrounding villages. It contains a police station, health center, telephone center, cultural center, agricultural and commercial advisory institutions, primary, secondary and vocational schools. Government or public-sector jobs provided the bulk of employment as of 2009, with a small proportion engaged in agriculture. The principal crops were olive and fig trees, the orchards of which envelope the village. Al-Qabu lacked waste treatment and had a dearth of public and private transportation, despite the large number of residents working government jobs outside the town.