Balqasah
Balqasah
بلقسة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Balqasah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°44′27″N 36°29′41″E / 34.74083°N 36.49472°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Khirbet Tin Nur |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 2,078 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Balqasah (Arabic: بلقسة, also spelled Belukseh) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Balqasah had a population of 2,078 in the 2004 census, making it the third largest locality in the subdistrict of Khirbet Tin Nur.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
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