Bidama

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Bidama
بداما
Town
Bidama
Coordinates: 35°48′45″N 36°11′37″E / 35.81250°N 36.19361°E / 35.81250; 36.19361
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib Governorate
District Jisr al-Shughur District
Nahiyah Bidama
Population (2004 census)[1]
  Total 4,162
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Bidama (Arabic: بداما; also spelled Bdama and Badama) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located northwest of Idlib along the border with Turkey. Nearby localities include al-Najiyah to the southeast, Jisr al-Shughur to the east, Shughur al-Fuqani and al-Janudiyah to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bidama had a population of 4,162 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center and the second largest locality of the Bidama nahiyah which consisted of 14 localities with a combined population of 18,501 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

Ancient ruins are situated just to the northeast of the town.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boulanger, 1966, pp. 474-475.

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