Al-Qamsiyah

Al-Qamsiyah (Arabic: القمصية, romanized: al-Qamṣīyah) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located north of Tartus. Nearby localities include al-Annazeh, Maten al-Sahel and Husayn al-Baher to the southwest and Khawabi, Khirbet al-Faras and al-Shaykh Badr to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qamsiyah had a population of 2,244 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

Al-Qamsiyah
القمصيّة
Town
Al-Qamsiyah is located in Syria
Al-Qamsiyah
Al-Qamsiyah
Coordinates: 35.050323°N 35.996143°E / 35.050323; 35.996143
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
Districtal-Shaykh Badr
Subdistrictal-Qamsiyah
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
  Total2,244
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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