An-Nabk

An Nabk"An Nabk City - Syria"  Homs Online or Al-Nabk () is a Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate an the caipital o the Qalamoun. Locatit 81 kilometers (50 mi) north o Damascus an sooth o Homs. It haes an altitude o 1255 meters. It haes a population o 90,000 as o 2014 , makkin it the 35t lairgest ceety per geographical entity in Sirie. The Monastery o Saunt Moses the Abyssinie (Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi) is locatit alang the Anti-Lebanon Muntains near Nabk an dates back tae at least the 6t century.

History
Al-Nabk haes been mentioned bi Arab geographers frae the 12t tae 13t centuries CE. Ibn Jubayr recordit that it wis a veelage north o Damascus "wi hintle runnin watter an broad arable fields." Yaqut al-Hamawi wrote in 1225 that "is a fine veelage wi excellent proveesions... There is here a curious spring which runs cauld in the simmer, an wi clear, excellent water. They say its source is at Yabrud."le Strange, 1890, p.511. 

Landmarks
Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, the monastery o Monastery o Saunt Moses the Abyssinie, sits abuin the toun tae the wast.

References

Bibliography

Freemit airtins
Al Nabk.net 
Al Nabk.com
4nabk.com 

Category:Ceeties in Sirie
Category:Populatit places in An-Nabk Destrict