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]
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]
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]