Barmiya (Arabic: بارمايا; also transliterated Barmaya) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Baniyas District of the Tartus Governorate, located east of Baniyas. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Barmiya had a population of 1,997 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
Barmiya
بارمايا | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Barmiya | |
| Coordinates: 35°10′55″N 35°59′25″E / 35.18194°N 35.99028°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Baniyas |
| Subdistrict | Baniyas |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 1,997 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Sources
edit- Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
References
edit- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Balanche 2000, p. 86.