Hinah (Arabic: حينة) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the

Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hinah had a population of 1,524 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate.

History

Historical geographer Samuel Klein has pointed out that in the immediate environs of Hinah and Rimah there is a large reservoir (''birket'') containing more than of water for irrigation of crops. In 1838, Eli Smith noted Hinah's population as Druze and Orthodox Christian.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
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* Populated places in Qatana District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub