Nimreh

Nimreh

Nimreh

Village in as-Suwayda, Syria

Nimreh (Arabic: نمرة, also called Namara) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located northeast of al-Suwayda. It is situated on the northern end of Jabal al-Arab. Nearby localities include Shaqqa, Hit and al-Junayneh to the north, Shahba, Salim and Mardak to the west and Mafaalah and Qanawat to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nimreh had a population of 4,376 in the 2004 census.[1]

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History

In 1838 Eli Smith noted Nimreh as being located in Jebel Hauran, and inhabited by Druze and "Greek" Christians.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. [2]
    Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 157

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