Al-Shiniyah

Al-Shinyah

Al-Shinyah

Village in Homs, Syria

Al-Shinyah (Arabic: الشنية, also spelled al-Shiniyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Fahel to the southwest, al-Qabu to the south, Sharqliyya to the southeast, Taldou and al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the northeast and Maryamin to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Shinyah had a population of 2,058 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. [2]
    Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 180
  3. [3]
    What happened in Houla?. Al Jazeera English. 2012-01-16.

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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