al-Houz
الحوز al-Huz | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  al-Houz Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°34′24″N 36°31′15″E / 34.57333°N 36.52083°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | al-Qusayr |
| Subdistrict | al-Houz |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,239 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Al-Houz (Arabic: الحوز, also spelled al-Huz) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated at the southern edge of Lake Qattinah, nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the southwest, Arjoun and al-Qusayr to the southeast, Kafr Mousa to the east and al-Ghassaniya to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Houz had a population of 2,239 in the 2004 census.[1] It is an Alawite village.[2]
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-04 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Rougier, Bernard (13 October 2015). The Sunni Tragedy in the Middle East: Northern Lebanon from al-Qaeda to ISIS. Princeton University Press. p. 214. ISBN 9781400873579.