Jiwar al-Afas

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Jiwar al-Afas
جوار العفص
Village
Jiwar al-Afas is located in Syria
Jiwar al-Afas
Jiwar al-Afas
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°46′44″N 36°14′27″E / 34.77889°N 36.24083°E / 34.77889; 36.24083Coordinates: 34°46′44″N 36°14′27″E / 34.77889°N 36.24083°E / 34.77889; 36.24083
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictTalkalakh
SubdistrictNasirah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total385
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Jiwar al-Afas (Arabic: جوار العفص, also spelled Jewar al-Afs) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jiwar al-Afas had a population of 385 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182

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