Al-Sayyid, Syria

al-Sayyid
الصايد
al-Sayed
al-Sayyid is located in Syria
al-Sayyid
al-Sayyid
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°38′18″N 37°1′34″E / 34.63833°N 37.02611°E / 34.63833; 37.02611
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms Governorate
DistrictHoms District
NahiyahFurqlus
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,309
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Sayyid (Arabic: الصايد, romanizedaṣ-Ṣāyid, also spelled al-Sayed) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located east of Homs in the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Fatim al-Arnouk to the immediate northeast, Tell Shinan to the northwest and Furqlus to the southeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sayyid had a population of 1,309 in the 2004 census.[1]