Sighata

Sighata
سيغاتا
Village
Sighata
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°1′29″N 36°26′40″E / 35.02472°N 36.44444°E / 35.02472; 36.44444Coordinates: 35°1′29″N 36°26′40″E / 35.02472°N 36.44444°E / 35.02472; 36.44444
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Masyaf
Subdistrict Masyaf
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,739
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode C3347

Sighata (Arabic: سيغاتا‎) is a Syrian village located in the Masyaf Subdistrict in Masyaf District, located west of Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sighata had a population of 1,739 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 180.

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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