Arbin, Syria

Government

Irbin, also Arbin, heiress (Arabic عربين, DMG ʿ Irbin ), is a city in the Rif Gouvernment Dimaschq in Syria.

Name

There are several spellings of the city name: eg Arbine, Arbin, Heiress, Arbeen, Arbeel or Irbin.

Officially the city until the early 1960s, Irbil was ' ( ʿ Irbil ) called what from the Syrian word [: na ʕurba ] could have come, and the importance of [ ʕirbi l] or ' flour sifter ' or ' willow tree ' has.

Geography

Irbin is a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus, and is located 7 km northeast of the center. A native of the river Barada River Thura irrigates the surrounding olive and walnut fields and marks the western boundary of Irbin to the place Qabun. Irbin has five neighboring towns and villages: Zamalka, al - Qabun, Harasta al- Basal, Madiara and Hammuria. In the area of Irbin there were many old villages like Bartaya, Rummana Jawwaza, Sultaya. These were built of clay and leave or redeemed for various reasons. Only in Bartaya there were up to the fifties a cemetery, which showed the traces of this village. Most areas of Irbin hot today as the previous village.

Population

Irbin is the residence of more than 65,000 people. Approximately 40,000 of them are considered to be ordinary Irbiner, ie they and their ancestors are in the Ottoman, and later in the French and was then taken up in the present town register. The rest settled in Irbin in the last thirty years. Of the total population is about 2,000 Christians. Current official counts are not available.

Management

Officially Irbin is a Nahiya, which means that the city has its own police station, post office, city hall, court and civil registers. Irbin has a mayor. The city administers matters such as waste removal, Finance, etc. independently. The higher court, which oversees the work of those responsible, the governor of Damascus, who is appointed by the President.

Buildings

In Irbin there are 15 mosques. The oldest is the Great Mosque directly on the main market. About 150 meters further is the Roman Orthodox Church of St. George.

Health

Irbin has two hospitals. The Radschaa hospital is in operation while the Hafiza Hospital is still under construction. There are about ten general and five dentists. The number of pharmacies is also about ten. In Irbin there is also a state free health center, which currently deals mainly with vaccinations and treatments of poor citizens. Flowing sterilized drinking water is ensured in the city.

Economy

The Irbiner are mostly independent. There are, according to the town hall about 3500 registered economic " activities ". These are divided among small shops, factories, companies, etc. on. There is a very weak tendency to employment with the state. Traditionally, the Irbiner were leaders in work outside their place of residence. Joseph Awad Arbeely was the first Irbiner and the first Arabs, who left at the end of the 19th century (1878 ) with his wife and six children Syria to the United States. Two of his sons published the first Arabic newspaper in the United States in 1904. Many of his descendants still live with the same last name in the States.

Several tons of walnuts and almonds are Daily in Irbin processed and sold. There are also plants for processing and production of pickled vegetables. Traditionally qamar al -din ( flat pressed dried apricots ) is prepared in Irbin.

• Location in Syria
• Province Rif Dimaschq