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Hish, Syria

Hish
حيش
Village
Hish is located in Syria
Hish
Hish
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°32′47″N 36°38′35″E / 35.54639°N 36.64306°E / 35.54639; 36.64306
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict Hish
Population (2004)
 • Total 8,817
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Hish (Arabic: حيش‎‎, also spelled Heish or Heesh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ma'arrat al-Numan District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hish had a population of 8,817 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hish Subdistrict, which contained 18 localities with a combined population of 41,231 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

Nearby localities include Kafr Nabl, Hass, Kafr Ruma and Maarrat al-Numan to the north, Babulin and al-Tah to the east, Kafr Sajnah to the west and Khan Shaykhun to the south. Hish was a small hamlet in the 1960s.


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