Babbila

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Babbila
ببيلا
Town
Babbila is located in Syria
Babbila
Babbila
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Country  Syria
Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate
District Markaz Rif Dimashq
Nahiyah Babbila
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 50,880
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Babbila (Arabic: ببيلا‎‎, also spelled Bebbila) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the southern outskirts of Damascus to the west of the Yarmouk Camp. Nearby localities include al-Hajar al-Aswad, Jaramana, Sayyidah Zaynab, al-Sabinah and Yalda. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Babbila had a population of 50,880 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative center of the Babbila nahiyah consisting of 13 towns and villages with a combined population of 341,625.[1]

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