Al-Shaykh Badr
الشيخ بدر Sheikh Bader | |
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  Al-Shaykh Badr Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°59′31″N 36°4′48″E / 34.99194°N 36.08000°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | al-Shaykh Badr |
| Subdistrict | Al-Shaykh Badr |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 9,486 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Shaykh Badr (Arabic: الشيخ بدر, romanized: aš-šayḵ badr, also transliterated Sheikh Bader) is a city in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. Al-Shaykh Badr has an altitude of 536 m (1,759 ft). According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Shaykh Badr, which is the center of its nahiya (subdistrict), had a population of 9,486 in the 2004 census.[1] As of 2008, its subdistrict had a population of 47,982. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2] The town is named after the shrine of a holy man, Shaykh Badr, located within it, which was venerated by Alawites and other local religious communities.[3]
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ The Middle East Intelligence Handbooks: 1943-1946 (Archive ed.), Naval Intelligence Division of Great Britain, 1987, p. 348, ISBN 9781852070601
- ^ Douwes 2010, p. 488.