Official Name: | Bisin |
Native Name: | بيصين |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 35.0025°N 36.5036°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Hama |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hama |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Hirbnafsah |
Population Total: | 3,224 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Bisin (Arabic: بيصين, also spelled Biseen) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Billin to the north, al-Muaa to the northeast, Deir al-Fardis to the east, Mousa al-Houla to the southeast, Tell Dahab and Houla to the south, Aqrab and Baarin to the southwest, al-Bayyadiyah to the west and al-Suwaydah to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bisin had a population of 3,224 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]