Qalb Loze
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Qalb Loze قلب لوزة Qalb Lawzah |
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The basilica at Qalb Loze
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 Qalb Loze
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| Coordinates: 36°10′9″N 36°34′50″E / 36.16917°N 36.58056°ECoordinates: 36°10′9″N 36°34′50″E / 36.16917°N 36.58056°E | |
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 Syria
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| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Harem |
| Subdistrict | Qurqania |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,290 |
Qalb Loze (Arabic: قلب لوزة, also spelled Qalb Lawzah or Qalb Lozeh) is a Druze village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Aleppo. It is situated near the border with Turkey, in the A'la Mountain and is part of an area known as the "Dead Cities", According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qalb Loze had a population of 1,290 in the 2004 census.
The village is well-noted for its 5th-century church and other Byzantine-era ruins. Its name Qalb Lozeh translates as "Heart of the Almond." Most of the residents work in agriculture and primarily cultivate tobacco and olives. The tobacco is used for the local cigarette industry.
Qalb Loze lies at an elevation of 670 meters in the Idlib Governorate on the A'la Mountain (Jabal Summaq) plateau, a remote hilly region of western central part of the northern Syrian limestone massif, a few kilometers from the Turkish border. The place is near Barisha and is accessible from the main Aleppo-Antakya road by a secondary road that heads northeast. Nearby localities include Qurqania to the south, Kafr Dariyan to the east and Kafr Takharim to the west.
The area is ecologically vulnerable due to desertification, and its high altitude. Olive trees grow in the valley below the village, some dryland field crops are grown, and sheep are kept.
In the mid-1960s there were about 150 people living in Qalb Loze. It is still a small village with a population of 1,290 in the 2004 census by the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its inhabitants are members of the Druze community, who inhabit 13 other villages in the vicinity. The residents of the village are noted for their fair skin and blond hair.
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