Deir Sharqi

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Deir Sharqi
دير شرقي
Dayr al-Sharqi
Village
Deir Sharqi
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°36′18″N 36°42′41″E / 35.60500°N 36.71139°E / 35.60500; 36.71139
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict Maarrat al-Nu'man
Population (2004)
  Total 4,429
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Deir Sharqi (Arabic: دير شرقي, also spelled Dayr al-Sharqi) is a village administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Nearby localities include the mantiqah ("district") center of Maarrat al-Nu'man to the northwest, Maar Shamshah to the north, Maar Shamarin and Talmanis to the northeast, Jirjinaz to the east, al-Tah to the south, Hish to the southwest and Basqala, Hass and Kafr Nabl to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Sharqi had a population of 4,429 in the 2004 census.[1]

Deir Sharqi contains a Byzantine-era church dated to 361 CE. A notable mosaic was found in the building.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Campbell, 1991, p. 29.

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