Arjoun
زفريط عرجون Zakreet Arjon | |
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Village | |
  Arjoun Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°33′28″N 36°32′11″E / 34.55778°N 36.53639°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Al-Qusayr |
| Subdistrict | Al-Qusayr |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,465 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Arjoun (Arabic: عرجون, romanized: Arjūn, also spelled Arcun or Arjoon), is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the southwest, al-Qusayr to the southeast, al-Dabaah to the east, Kafr Mousa and al-Ghassaniya to the north and al-Houz to the northwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Arjoun had a population of 2,465 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]
19th-century Biblical scholars identified Arjoun as "Argana" where in 854 BCE the Neo-Assyrian king Shalmaneser II fought the army of Hadadezer in the Battle of Qarqar.[3] Other sources insist that Argana was located somewhere north of modern-day Hama.[4] An Ancient Roman milestone was found in the village, suggesting it was situated on a Roman road.[5] In his visit to Syria, James Silk Buckingham described Arjoun in the early 19th century as a small village lying below an artificial mound. At the mound's summit was the tomb of a local sheikh surrounded by a few buildings.[6]
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-04 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Smith, 1841, p. 176.
- ^ Conder, 1902, p. 173.
- ^ Babylonian & oriental record, 1889, p. 42.
- ^ Conder, 1892, p. 36.
- ^ Buckingham, 1825, p. 491.