Official Name: | Karad Dayasinah |
Native Name: | كراد داسنية |
Other Name: | Shamah |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 34.8358°N 36.6208°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Homs |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Homs |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Taldou |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 2,028 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Karad Dayasinah (Arabic: كراد داسنية, also known as Akrad Dayasinah or Akrad Dasnieh, also known as Shamah) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Homs District, located northwest of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Karad Dayasinah had a population of 2,028 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims of Turkmen descent.[2]