Al-Aziziyah ( ar, العزيزية) is a village in northern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
located in the
Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict
Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية قلعة المضيق) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict had a p ...
of the
al-Suqaylabiyah District
Al-Suqaylabiyah District ( ar, السقيلبية ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091. Its administrative centre is the city of Al ...
in
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Aziziyah had a population of 1,828 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Alawites
The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isla ...
.
References
Alawite communities in Syria
Populated places in al-Suqaylabiyah District
Populated places in al-Ghab Plain
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