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Ballat

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Balat
بلاط
Village
Balat is located in Syria
Balat
Balat
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°47′33″N 36°20′53″E / 34.79250°N 36.34806°E / 34.79250; 36.34806
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictTalkalakh
SubdistrictHawash
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
574
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Balat (Arabic: بلاط, also spelled Blat) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Balat had a population of 574 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.[3]

References

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

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