Alqin

Alqin
علقين
Village
Alqin is located in Syria
Alqin
Alqin
Coordinates: 35°8′51″N 35°57′59″E / 35.14750°N 35.96639°E / 35.14750; 35.96639
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictBaniyas
SubdistrictBaniyas
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
564
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Alqin (Arabic: علقين) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Baniyas District of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Baniyas. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Alqin had a population of 564 in the 2004 census.[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 86.

Sources

  • Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.