Jableh جبلة
View of Jableh
Jableh Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°21′N 35°55′E / 35.35°N 35.917°E / 35.35; 35.917
Country	Syria
Governorate	Latakia Governorate
District	Jableh District
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population
• Total	80,000

Jableh (Arabic: جبلة‎ Ǧabla), also spelt Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah or Gabala, is a coastal city on the Mediterranean in Syria.^[1] with c. 80,000 inhabitants (2008).

Jableh was part of the Principality of Antioch, one of the Crusader States, until it was captured by Saladin in 1189 during the Third Crusade. One famous resident was Hugh of Jabala, the city's bishop, who reported the fall of Edessa to Pope Eugene III, and was the first person to speak of Prester John.

The city is home to the tomb and the mosque of Sultan Ibrahim Bin Adham, a famous Sufi mystic who renounced his throne and devoted himself to prayers for the rest of his life.^[2]

Jableh has a great nice cost that named in local language (Al-Kurnish), where people come and meet enjoying the cold beer and water pipe in that incredible view of the sea.

People in Jableh are very friendly, open mind, and respect all cultures in the country. Its position at the Mediterranean sea make it affected by several cultures during the long history.

Jableh is the home town of the great Syrian pioneer of modern Arabic poetry Adunis who is the first Arabic poet, and one of the best poets in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adunis. Jableh is also the home town of the world-champion swimmer Firas Mouala, who swam from Latakia to Cyprus (almost 90 km distance): .

The city is the home town of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, a famous Islamic figure who fought against the French Colonization in Syria, and then moved to Palestine where he led a revolution against the British authorities and the well-armed Jewish gangs. Al-Qassam has become an icon of the Palestinian liberation movements, especially the Islamic movent of Hamas that named its military wing after him - Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

In antiquity Jableh was an important Roman city, one of the main remains of this period is a theatre, capable of housing c. 7,000 spectators. Near the seashores even older remains were found dating to the Iron Age or Phoenician Era. On less than 1 kilometer of the city centre lays the ancient site of Gibala, today known as Tell Tweini. This city was inhabited from the third millennium BCE until the Persian period.

The Roman theater of Jableh

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Jableh Sporting Club is a football club based in Jableh.

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The majority of people in Jableh depend on agriculture for their life, people grow orange and lemon trees, olives, a large number of green houses for vegetables can be found in the country side. In the center of the city people work in trad and their are small fabrics in the city for cottons and for making orange juice.

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Coordinates: 35°21′35″N 35°55′17″E / 35.35972°N 35.92139°E / 35.35972; 35.92139

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