Taybat al-Imam

Taybat al-Imam (Arabic: طيبة الإمام, also transliterated Tayyibat al-Imam or Taibet el-Imam), historically known as Tayyibat al-A'la, is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 18 kilometers (11 mi) northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Halfaya and Mhardeh to the west, Lataminah to the northwest, Morek to the north, Suran to the east, Maar Shuhur to the southeast, Qamhana to the south and Khitab to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Taybat al-Imam had a population of 24,105 in the 2004 census.