Jubbayn

Jubbayn is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Karnaz Subdistrict of the Mahardah District of Hama Governorate. According to the Central [Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics], Jubbayn had a population of 3,488 in the 2004 census. The inhabitants of Jubbayn are Sunni Muslims.

History

Jubbayn was settled in 1921 by the Smathie, a breakaway tribe of the Mawali, a semi-nomadic Bedouin confederation in northwestern and central Syria, who were brought in to cultivate the village lands by the owners, the Baroudi family of Hama city.