Flitah

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Flitah
فليطة
Meshrefah
Village
Flitah is located in Syria
Flitah
Flitah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°1′43″N 36°35′0″E / 34.02861°N 36.58333°E / 34.02861; 36.58333
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
Districtan-Nabek
Subdistrictan-Nabek
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total6,475
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Flitah or Meshrefah (Arabic: فليطة/مشرفة) is a Syrian village in the An-Nabek District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Flitah had a population of 6,475 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 173

Bibliography[edit]

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


34°02′N 36°35′E / 34.033°N 36.583°E / 34.033; 36.583