'Ish al-Shuhah ( ar, عش الشوحة, also spelled ''Ash al-Shuha'' or ''Ushsh ash-Shuhah'') 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. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Ish al-Shuhah had a population of 342 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Greek Orthodox Christians. The village has a
Greek Orthodox Church.
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Populated places in Talkalakh District
Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Syria
Christian communities in Syria
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