Huraysun

Huraysun
Qamu
Village
Huraysun is located in Syria
Huraysun
Huraysun
Coordinates: 35°14′9″N 35°57′49″E / 35.23583°N 35.96361°E / 35.23583; 35.96361
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictBaniyas
SubdistrictBaniyas
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
2,675
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Huraysun (Arabic: حريصون; also transliterated Harisun), also known as Qamu (Arabic: القاموع) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Baniyas District of the Tartus Governorate, located east of Baniyas. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Huraysun had a population of 2,765 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are mostly Alawites.[2]

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.

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.