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Al-Shinyah

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al-Shinyah
الشنية
al-Shiniyeh
Village
al-Shinyah is located in Syria
al-Shinyah
al-Shinyah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°51′29″N 36°27′6″E / 34.85806°N 36.45167°E / 34.85806; 36.45167
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
Subdistrictal-Qabu
Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,058
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

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]

References

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  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. 180
  3. ^ What happened in Houla?. Al Jazeera English. 2012-01-16.

Bibliography

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  • 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.