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Asiliyah ( ar, عسيلة, also known as Usaylah or Asila) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Rastan District, located north of Homs on the southern banks of the Orontes River. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Asiliyah had a population of 360 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate.
Its inhabitants are predominantly Circassians from the
Bzhedug Bjedugh, Bzhedug or Bazdug ( ady, Бжъэдыгъу, ''Bjzədıuğ'', ; russian: Бжедуги, ) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes. Many of them immigrated to Turkey in the 1860s, but there is still a community of Bzhedug on the l ...
and Shapsugh tribes.Jaimoukha, Amjad
The Circassians of Syria: Opting for the Rightful Cause
''Circassian Voices''. 2012-07-12.


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Populated places in al-Rastan District Circassian communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub