Jableh (Arabic: جَبْلَةٌ, Ǧabla, also spelt Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah, Gabala or Gibellum) is a city of 80,000 inhabitants in the Syrian Coast and Mountains region.
Understand
[edit]Jableh has been inhabited since at least the second millennium BCE. The city was part of the Ugaritic kingdom and was mentioned as "Gbʿly" in the archives of the city c. 1200 BC.In antiquity Jableh (then called Gabala) was an important Hellenistic and then Roman city. One of the main remains of this period is a theatre, capable of housing c. 7,000 spectators. In the medieval period, Jableh, then called Gibellum, was conquered by Christian crusaders on 23 July 1109 and was part of a Crusader State until it was captured by Saladin in 1189 during the Third Crusade.
Get in
[edit]By road
[edit]By rail
[edit]As of 2021, all long-distance trains are cancelled and will remain so for the foreseeable future. However, Jableh is served by regional trains between Tartous and Latakia that runs several times per week.
- 1 Jableh railway station.
By plane
[edit]The region's airport is located just north of Jableh. As of 2021, the number of flights is very limited.
- 2 Bassel Al-Assad International Airport (مطار باسل الأسد الدولي).
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Jableh Roman theatre.
- 2 Tell Tweini. Archelogical site that was inhabited from at least the end of the third millennium BCE until the Persian period. The town may have been ancient Gibala.