Balqasah

Balqasah
بلقسة
Village
Balqasah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°44′27″N 36°29′41″E / 34.74083°N 36.49472°E / 34.74083; 36.49472
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Khirbet Tin Nur
Population (2004)
 • Total 2,078
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) +3

Balqasah (Arabic: بلقسة‎, also spelled Belukseh) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Balqasah had a population of 2,078 in the 2004 census, making it the third largest locality in the subdistrict of Khirbet Tin Nur.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 182.

Bibliography

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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