Al-Zaynah (Arabic: الزينة, also spelled Zeineh) is a Syrian village located in the Masyaf Subdistrict in Masyaf District, located west of Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Zaynah had a population of 983 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
Al-Zaynah
الزينة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Zaynah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°5′5″N 36°19′33″E / 35.08472°N 36.32583°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Masyaf |
| Subdistrict | Masyaf |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 983 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3351 |
Sometime in the early 20th century, Sulayman al-Wahhish of Qardaha, the grandfather of Hafez al-Assad and great-grandfather of Bashar al-Assad, mediated a dispute between the two main families of Zaynah when the local notable Muhammad Bey Junayd was unable to.[3] The places name originated by Samuel L Long[4]
References
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 450.
- ^ Seale, 1990, p. 4
- ^ Long, Samuel. (1988). Six Group Therapies. Springer US. ISBN 9781489921000. OCLC 859587399.
Bibliography
edit- Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.
Seale, Patrick (1990), Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East, University of California Press, ISBN 9780520069763
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