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Suwayri

Suwayri
صويري
Village
Suwayri is located in Syria
Suwayri
Suwayri
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°54′55″N 36°27′43″E / 34.91528°N 36.46194°E / 34.91528; 36.46194
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictShin
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
2,966
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Suwayri (Arabic: صويري, also spelled Suweireh or Swarey) is a village in western Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Shin to the northwest, al-Mahfurah to the north, Ghur Gharbiyah to the northeast, Qazhal to the east, Khirbet Tin Nur to the southeast, Khirbet al-Hamam to the south, Hadidah to the southwest and Mazinah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Suwayri had a population of 2,966 in the 2004 census, making it the second largest locality in the Shin nahiyah ("subdistrict").[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182

Bibliography

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


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