Fahil | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name: | فاحل |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Homs |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Homs |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | al-Qabu |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 5775 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 34.8469°N 36.4069°W |
Elevation M: | 701 |
Fahil (Arabic: فاحل) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Taldou and Kafr Laha to the northeast and al-Qabu to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Fahil had a population of 5,775 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites and Greek Orthodox Christians.[2]