Surayhin

Surayhin
سريحين
Serihin
Village
Surayhin
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°11′51″N 36°40′2″E / 35.19750°N 36.66722°E / 35.19750; 36.66722
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Hama
Subdistrict Hama
Population (2004)
  Total 7,466

Surayhin (Arabic: سريحين, also spelled Serihin) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, just southeast of Hama. Nearby localities include al-Jajiyah to the north, al-Jinan to the southeast, al-Buraq to the south, Maarin al-Jabal to the southwest and al-Khalidiyah to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Surayhin had a population of 7,466 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at Archive.is. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 179.

Bibliography

  • Douwes, Dick (2000). The Ottomans in Syria: a history of justice and oppression. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1860640311.
  • 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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