Hamin, Syria

Not to be confused with Hamin, Iran.
Hamin
حمين
Village
Hamin is located in Syria
Hamin
Hamin
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°54′4″N 36°2′24″E / 34.90111°N 36.04000°E / 34.90111; 36.04000
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictDuraykish
SubdistrictHamin
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
2,222
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC5607

Hamin (Arabic: حمين, romanized: Hamīn) is a Syrian village in the Duraykish District in Tartous Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamin had a population of 2,222 in the 2004 census. It is the center of the Hamin nahiya (subdistrict), which had a population of 9,922.[1] The inhabitants of the village and the subdistrict are Alawites, predominantly from the Matawira tribal confederation.[2]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 152.

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