Official Name: | Al-Qamsiyah |
Native Name: | القمصيّة |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | al-Shaykh Badr |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | al-Qamsiyah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 2244 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.0503°N 35.9961°W |
Al-Qamsiyah (Arabic: القمصية|al-Qamṣīyah) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located north of Tartus. Nearby localities include al-Annazeh, Maten al-Sahel and Husayn al-Baher to the southwest and Khawabi, Khirbet al-Faras and al-Shaykh Badr to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qamsiyah had a population of 2,244 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]