Hasrajiyah ( tr, Hasırciye;
ar, حصرجية, Hāsīrjīyyah, also spelled ''Hasrajieh'') 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 west of
Homs
Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...
in the
Homs Governorate.
Demographics
According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hasrajiyah had a population of 519 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Sunni Muslim
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagree ...
s. In 1838, its inhabitants were noted as being predominantly
Turkmen
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
Peoples Historical ethnonym
* Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages
Ethnic groups
* Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...
.
[ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
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References
Bibliography
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Populated places in Talkalakh District
Turkmen communities in Syria
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