Qattinah ( ar, قطينة, Qaṭṭīnah, also spelled Kattineh) 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 south of
Homs. It is situated at the northeastern end of
Lake Homs which is also known as "Lake Qattinah." Nearby localities include
al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah
Al-Buwaidah al-Sharqiyah ( ar, البويضة الشرقية, also spelled al-Buwaideh al-Sharqiyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southeast of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Qusayr and a ...
to the south,
Aabel to the east,
al-Nuqayrah to the northeast,
Tell al-Shur to the north and
Khirbet Ghazi to the west on the opposite end of Lake Homs. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qattinah had a population of 6,018 in the 2004 census.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate.
References
Populated places in Homs District
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