Deir Baalbah Explained

Official Name:Deir Ba'albah
Native Name:دير بعلبة
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Homs Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Homs District
Subdivision Type3:Nahiyah
Subdivision Name3:Homs
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:44,975
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:34.7528°N 36.7444°W

Deir Ba'albah (Arabic: دير بعلبة, also spelled Dayr Baalbeh) is the north-easternmost neighborhood of the city of Homs in central Syria. Nearby places include the al-Bayda and al-Abbasiyah neighborhoods to the south, and the villages of al-Mishirfeh and al-Jabiriyah to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Ba'albah had a population of 44,975 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130112123920/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-6-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 175.