Khabab

Khabab
خبب
The old town of Khabab
Khabab
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°0′51.39″N 36°16′29.76″E / 33.0142750°N 36.2749333°E / 33.0142750; 36.2749333
Grid position269/271 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictSanamayn
SubdistrictSanamayn
Elevation
700 m (2,300 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total
3,379
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

Khabab (Arabic: خبب) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the as-Sanamayn District in the Daraa Governorate. It is situated 700 meters (2,300 ft) above sea level, about 57 km south of Damascus, in the Hauran plain. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khabab had a population of 3,379 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic Christians.