Balqasah

Balqasah
بلقسة
Village
Balqasah

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°44′27″N 36°29′41″E / 34.74083°N 36.49472°E / 34.74083; 36.49472
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Khirbet Tin Nur
Population (2004)
  Total 2,078
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Balqasah (Arabic: بلقسة, also spelled Belukseh) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Balqasah had a population of 2,078 in the 2004 census, making it the third largest locality in the subdistrict of Khirbet Tin Nur.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004.". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 182.

Bibliography

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