Bureij, Tartus Explained

Official Name:Bureij
Other Name:Breij
Native Name:البريج
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:Tartus
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Al-Sawda
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Footnotes:2004
Population Total:321
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:34.9697°N 35.9297°W

Bureij (ar|البريج|al-Burayj; also transliterated Breij) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is part of the al-Sawda municipality. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Bureij had a population of 321 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Christians. It became part of the al-Sawda municipality in 1975 and is represented by one seat in its council. Its relatively low growth rate, along with that of most other Christian communities in the area is mainly attributed to high emigration and low birth rates.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Census of Population 2004.. 2014-07-10.