Deir Khabiyah
Deir Khabiyah دير خبية | |
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Village | |
  Deir Khabiyah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°22′1″N 36°9′36″E / 33.36694°N 36.16000°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
| District | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
| Subdistrict | Al-Kiswah |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 4,350 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C2287 |
Deir Khabiyah (Arabic: دير خبية) is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Rif Dimashq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Khabiyah had a population of 4,350 in the 2004 census.[1]
History
[edit]The tell in Deir Khabiyah dates back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age from the beginning of the 2nd to the 1st millennium BC.[2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Deir Khabiyah's population being Sunni Muslims.[3]
Syrian Civil War
[edit]On 16 May 2022, two fighters of the Pro-Assad Ba'ath militia were killed in a double IED explosion in the village.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ Eugen Wirth (1971). "Syrien, eine geographische Landeskunde" (in German). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: 402.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 149
- ^ "Two explosions | Two regime-backed Al-Baath Battalion militiamen killed in Rif Dimashq". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 May 2022.
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