Official Name: | Al-Bariqiyah |
Other Name: | Barqieh |
Native Name: | البارقية |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Safita |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Bariqiyah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 3,627 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 34.8275°N 36.2239°W |
Al-Bariqiyah (Arabic: البارقية, also spelled Barqieh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. It is situated between Safita to the west, Mashta al-Helu to the north and the Wadi al-Nasara area to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bariqiyah had a population of 3,627 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict, which consists of eight localities with a total population of 7,336.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]