Arqaya

'Arqaya
غزيلة
Village
'Arqaya

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°48′49″N 36°28′41″E / 34.81361°N 36.47806°E / 34.81361; 36.47806
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Taldou
Population (2004)
  Total 1,307
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

'Arqaya (Arabic: عرقايا) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Arqaya had a population of 1,307 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004.". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 181.

Bibliography

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