Basimah
Basimah (Arabic: بسيمة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northwest of Damascus in the Wadi Barada. Nearby localities include Ain al-Fijah, Deir Qanun, al-Dimas, Jdeidat al-Wadi, Deir Muqaran and Kfeir al-Zayt. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Basimah had a population of 2,812 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]
Basimah بسيمة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Basimah, in the 1880s, from Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, vol 2, p. 199 | |
  Basimah | |
| Coordinates: 33°36′17″N 36°11′41″E | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
| District | Qudsaya District |
| Nahiyah | Qudsaya |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,812 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code(s) | 11 |
References
- General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
- Smith, 1841, p. 147.
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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