Al-Shinyah ( ar, الشنية, also spelled al-Shiniyeh) is a village in central
Syria, administratively part of the
Homs Governorate
Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ...
, located northwest of
Homs. Nearby localities include
Fahel to the southwest,
al-Qabu to the south,
Sharqliyya
Sharqliyya ( ar, شرقلية, also spelled Sharqlieh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Qabu and al-Shinyah to the west, al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah ...
to the southeast,
Taldou
Taldou ( ar, تلدو, Talldū, also spelled Tall Daww, Taldo, Tall Dhu or Taldao) is a town in the Houla region of northern Syria, north of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Burj al-Qa'i to the east, Tallaf to the northeast, Ka ...
and
al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the northeast and
Maryamin to the northwest. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Shinyah had a population of 2,058 in the 2004 census.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Alawites.
What happened in Houla?
'' Al Jazeera English''. 2012-01-16.
References
Bibliography
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Populated places in Homs District
Alawite communities in Syria
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