Deir Khabiyah Explained

Official Name:Deir Khabiyah
Native Name:دير خبية
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Coordinates:33.3669°N 36.16°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Rif Dimashq
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Markaz Rif Dimashq
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Al-Kiswah
Population Total:4,350
Population As Of:2004
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Blank Name Sec1:City Qrya Pcode
Blank Info Sec1:C2287

Deir Khabiyah (Arabic: دير خبية) is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Rif Dimashq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Khabiyah had a population of 4,350 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

The tell in Deir Khabiyah dates back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age from the beginning of the 2nd to the 1st millennium BC.[2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Deir Khabiyah's population being Sunni Muslims.[3]

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022).

On 16 May 2022, two fighters of the Pro-Assad Ba'ath militia were killed in a double IED explosion in the village.[4]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Census of Population 2004.. 2017-10-20.
  2. Eugen Wirth . Syrien, eine geographische Landeskunde . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft . Darmstadt . 1971 . de . 402 .
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 149
  4. Web site: Two explosions Two regime-backed Al-Baath Battalion militiamen killed in Rif Dimashq. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 May 2022.