Al-Bariqiyah

Al-Bariqiyah
البارقية
Barqieh
Town
Al-Bariqiyah

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°49′39″N 36°13′26″E / 34.82750°N 36.22389°E / 34.82750; 36.22389
Country  Syria
Governorate Tartus
District Safita
Subdistrict Bariqiyah
Population (2004)
 • Total 3,627

Al-Bariqiyah (Arabic: البارقية‎‎, also spelled Barqieh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. It is situated between Safita to the west, Mashta al-Helu to the north and the Wadi al-Nasara area to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bariqiyah had a population of 3,627 in the 2004 census. Its is the administrative center of the al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict, which consisted of eight localities with a total population of 7,336.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004.". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ↑ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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