Jiwar al-Afas

Jiwar al-Afas
جوار العفص
Village
Jiwar al-Afas
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°46′44″N 36°14′27″E / 34.77889°N 36.24083°E / 34.77889; 36.24083Coordinates: 34°46′44″N 36°14′27″E / 34.77889°N 36.24083°E / 34.77889; 36.24083
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Talkalakh
Subdistrict Nasirah
Population (2004)
 • Total 385
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) +3

Jiwar al-Afas (Arabic: جوار العفص‎, also spelled Jewar al-Afs) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jiwar al-Afas had a population of 385 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[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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