Hamin (Arabic: حمين, romanized: Hamīn) is a Syrian village in the Duraykish District in Tartous Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamin had a population of 2,222 in the 2004 census. It is the center of the Hamin nahiya (subdistrict), which had a population of 9,922.[1] The inhabitants of the village and the subdistrict are Alawites, predominantly from the Matawira tribal confederation.[2]
Hamin
حمين | |
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  Hamin Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°54′4″N 36°2′24″E / 34.90111°N 36.04000°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Duraykish |
| Subdistrict | Hamin |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,222 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5607 |
References
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ Balanche 2000, p. 152.
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.
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