Barri Sharqi Explained

Official Name:Barri Sharqi
Native Name:بري شرقي
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Coordinates:34.9806°N 37.2021°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Hama
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Salamiyah
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Barri Sharqi
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:4,172
Population As Of:2004
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Barri Sharqi (Arabic: بري شرقي; also spelled Berri Sharqi) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located east of Hama at the edge of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Tell al-Tut and district center Salamiyah to the west, Aqarib to the north, Suha and Uqayribat to the east and al-Mukharram to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Barri Sharqi had a population of 4,172 in the 2004 census.[1] In 1838 it was classified as a khirba ("ruined village") by English scholar Eli Smith.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925223452/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-11-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 177.