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Al-Qamsiyah

Al-Qamsiyah
القمصية
Town
Al-Qamsiyah is located in Syria
Al-Qamsiyah
Al-Qamsiyah
Coordinates: 35°03′01″N 35°59′46″E / 35.050323°N 35.996143°E / 35.050323; 35.996143
Country  Syria
Governorate Tartus Governorate
District Al-Shaykh Badr District
Nahiyah Al-Qamsiyah
Population (2004 census)
 • Total 2,244
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Al-Qamsiyah (Arabic: القمصية‎‎) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located north of Tartus. Nearby localities include al-Annazeh, Maten al-Sahel and Husayn al-Baher to the southwest and Khawabi, Khirbet al-Faras and al-Shaykh Badr to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qamsiyah had a population of 2,244 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.


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