Kaftin
كفتين | |
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Village | |
  Kaftin | |
| Coordinates: 36°5′46″N 36°40′47″E / 36.09611°N 36.67972°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Idlib |
| Subdistrict | Ma'arrat Misrin |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,346 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kaftin (Arabic: كفتين, also spelled Keftin or Kaftayn) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located northwest of Idlib. The village is situated at the southern approach of the A'la Mountain. Nearby localities include Killi to the north, Hizano to the east, Kafr Yahmul to the southeast, Maarrat al-Ikhwan to the south, Haranabush to the southwest and Qurqania to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kaftin had a population of 2,346 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly members of the Druze community, one of the few Druze villages situated in northern Syria.[2][3] Kaftin's inhabitants work primarily in agriculture and cultivate olives and cumin.[3]
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. Archived at [1]. (in Arabic)
- ^ Salibi, 2005, p. 179.
- ^ a b Choufi, Firas. Syria: ISIS Imposes ‘Sharia’ on Idlib’s Druze Archived 2015-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Akhbar. 2013-12-23.