Al-Masriyah
المصرية
Village
Al-Masriyah is located in Syria
Al-Masriyah
Al-Masriyah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°27′52″N 36°29′0″E / 34.46444°N 36.48333°E / 34.46444; 36.48333
CountrySyria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictQusayr
SubdistrictQusayr
Population
 (2004)
  Total618
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Masriyah (Arabic: المصرية) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately north and south of the border with Lebanon. Nearby localities include Zita al-Gharbiyah to the north, al-Qusayr to the northeast, Zira'a and Rablah. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Masriyah had a population of 618 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims.[2]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Hodeib, Mirella (2012-10-13). "Lebanese in Syrian villages gear up". The Daily Star. Lebanon Wire. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
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