Arqaya

'Arqaya
Village
'Arqaya is located in Syria
'Arqaya
'Arqaya
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°48′49″N 36°28′41″E / 34.81361°N 36.47806°E / 34.81361; 36.47806
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictTaldou
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
1,307
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

'Arqaya (Arabic: عرقايا) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Arqaya had a population of 1,307 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181

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