Daminah al-Sharqiyah
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Daminah al-Sharqiyah دمينة الشرقية | |
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Village | |
  Daminah al-Sharqiyah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°34′38″N 36°40′40″E / 34.57722°N 36.67778°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs Governorate |
| District | Al-Qusayr District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Qusayr |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,893 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Daminah al-Sharqiyah (Arabic: دمينة الشرقية) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. Nearby localities include Shinshar to the northeast, al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya to the northwest and al-Qusayr to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Daminah al-Sharqiyah had a population of 1,893 in the 2004 census.[1]
In 1838 Daminah al-Sharqiyah was classified as an abandoned village by English scholar Eli Smith.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Smith, 1841, p. 176.
Bibliography
[edit]- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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