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Deir Khabiyah

Deir Khabiyah
دير خبية
Village
Deir Khabiyah is located in Syria
Deir Khabiyah
Deir Khabiyah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°22′1″N 36°9′36″E / 33.36694°N 36.16000°E / 33.36694; 36.16000
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictMarkaz Rif Dimashq
SubdistrictAl-Kiswah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
4,350
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC2287

Deir Khabiyah (Arabic: دير خبية) is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Rif Dimashq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Khabiyah had a population of 4,350 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

The tell in Deir Khabiyah dates back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age from the beginning of the 2nd to the 1st millennium BC.[2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Deir Khabiyah's population being Sunni Muslims.[3]

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

On 16 May 2022, two fighters of the Pro-Assad Ba'ath militia were killed in a double IED explosion in the village.[4]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. ^ Eugen Wirth (1971). "Syrien, eine geographische Landeskunde" (in German). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: 402. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 149
  4. ^ "Two explosions | Two regime-backed Al-Baath Battalion militiamen killed in Rif Dimashq". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 May 2022.

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