Yaqubiyah
Al-Yacoubiyah
Village in Idlib, Syria
Al-Yacoubiyah (Arabic: اليعقوبية, romanized: al-Yaʿqūbīyah, Armenian: Յակուբիե; also spelled Yacoubiyeh, Yakoubieh, Yacoubeh or Yaqoubiyah) is a village in north-west Syria, administratively part of the Jisr ash-Shugur District, subordinate to the Idlib Governorate, located west of Idlib and just southeast of the border with Turkey. It is situated in a well-forested mountain above the Orontes River,[1] with an elevation of 480 meters above sea level. Nearby localities include Qunaya adjacent to the east, Kafr Debbin further to the east, the nahiyah ("subdistrict") center of al-Janudiyah to the south, al-Malnad to the west and Zarzur to the north.[2]
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yacoubiyah had a population of 476 in the 2004 census.[3] Its inhabitants are mostly Christians, roughly split into the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic denominations.[4] The surrounding areas are predominantly inhabited by Sunni Muslims.[1] There are two Armenian Apostolic churches in Al-Yacoubiyah: Saint Anna (Armenian: Սբ. Աննա) and Saint Hripsime (Armenian: Սբ. Հռիփսիմե). The last one is built similar to Ejmiatsin's Saint Hripsime. There is also one Armenian Catholic church.[1]