Bisin, Syria

Bisin
بيصين
Biseen
Village
Bisin is located in Syria
Bisin
Bisin
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°0′9″N 36°30′13″E / 35.00250°N 36.50361°E / 35.00250; 36.50361
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictHama
SubdistrictHirbnafsah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
3,224

Bisin (Arabic: بيصين, also spelled Biseen) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Billin to the north, al-Muaa to the northeast, Deir al-Fardis to the east, Mousa al-Houla to the southeast, Tell Dahab and Houla to the south, Aqrab and Baarin to the southwest, al-Bayyadiyah to the west and al-Suwaydah to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bisin had a population of 3,224 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 180

Bibliography

  • Douwes, Dick (2000). The Ottomans in Syria: a history of justice and oppression. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1860640311.
  • 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.