Zaidal ( ar, زيدل, also spelled Zaydal) is a town in 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 ...

of central Syria, just east of

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, forming a part of its suburbs. Nearby localities include Fairouzeh to the south and the Homs neighborhoods of Karm al-Zaitun, al-Sabil and al-Zahra to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Zaidal had a population of 5,710 in 2004.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. The town has a large Christian community.Society of Saint John Chrysostom,
Eastern Churches Journal
'. 2003. p. 298.

Notable people

Rosemary Barkett Rosemary Barkett (née Barakat; born August 29, 1939) is a Mexican-American judge of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal located in The Hague, Netherlands since 2013. Previously, she served as a United States circuit judge of the United St ...

(1939-): American judge and former nun, whose parents were from Zeidal. * Ramón Exeni (1938-): Argentine recognized physician, whose father was from Zeidal.

References

Populated places in Homs District Syriac Orthodox Christian communities in Syria {{Syriac-Orthodoxy-stub