Dimu, Syria

Dimu
ديمو
Daymu, Dimo
Village
Dimu
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°12′9″N 36°26′52″E / 35.20250°N 36.44778°E / 35.20250; 36.44778Coordinates: 35°12′9″N 36°26′52″E / 35.20250°N 36.44778°E / 35.20250; 36.44778
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Masyaf
Subdistrict Jubb Ramlah
Population (2004)
  Total 1,102
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode C3375

Dimu (Arabic: ديمو, also spelled Demo) is a Syrian village located in the Jubb Ramlah Subdistrict of the Masyaf District in Hama Governorate, 43 kilometers west of Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Dimu had a population of 1,102 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

A municipal council was established to administer Dimu in 1995. Most of Dimu's working population is employed in agriculture, with the principal crops being potatoes, wheat, cotton, and summer vegetables. There is a primary school in the village.[3]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 180.
  3. "Demo Village" (in Arabic). Information Directorate of the Hama Governorate. 2010-05-12.

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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