Maryamin
مريمين Mariamin | |
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Village | |
  Maryamin Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°53′06″N 36°26′20″E / 34.88498°N 36.438816°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Taldou |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | ~12‘000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Maryamin (Arabic: مريمين, also spelled Mariamin or Meriamen) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate starting from 2008 after being part of the Hama Governorate,[1] located in Homs Gap southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Aqrab, Nisaf and Baarin to the north, Kafr Kamrah and Mashta al-Helu to the west, Shin, al-Shinyah and al-Qabu to the south, and Taldou and Tell Dahab to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Maryamin had a population of 4,174 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[3][4]
- ^ مريمين"... زهرة الجبل"
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-13 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith (1841), p. 180
- ^ What happened in Houla?. Al Jazeera English. 2012-01-16.