Al-Qamsiyah ( ar, القمصية, al-Qamṣīyah) is a town in northwestern
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 ...
, administratively part of the
Tartus Governorate
Tartus Governorate, also transliterated as Tartous Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة طرطوس / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Latakia Governorate to the ...
, located north of
Tartus
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. Nearby localities include
al-Annazeh
Al-Annazah ( ar, العنازة; also spelled al-Annazeh) is a village about 20 km to the northeast of Tartus and 5 km from the Mediterranean Sea. It is less than a one-hour drive to Latakia and about three hours' drive to Damascus. Ac ...
,
Maten al-Sahel
Maten al-Sahel ( ar, متن الساحل), also known as Maten Arnouk ( ar, متن عرنوق), is a village in Tartus Governorate, northwestern Syria
Originally named for the prominent Arnouk family land owners, the Syrian government renamed ...
and
Husayn al-Baher
Husayn al-Baher ( ar, حصين البحر, also spelled Husain al-Bahr or Hussein al-Baher) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located north of Tartus. Nearby localities include Maten al-Sahel to t ...
to the southwest and
Khawabi
Khawabi ( ar, الخوابي), also spelled Qala'at al-Khawabi ( ar, قلعة الخوابي) is a village and medieval citadel in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located 20 kilometers northeast of Tartus and 12 ...
,
Khirbet al-Faras
Khirbat Al Faras ( ar, خربة الفرس) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Tartus Governorate located in the Khawabi region, its distance from city of Tartus about 20 km. Khirbat Al Faras has an altitude of 300 meters and sur ...
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.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. 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
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Populated places in Al-Shaykh Badr District
Towns in Syria
Alawite communities in Syria