Hadidah Explained

Official Name:Hadidah
Native Name:حديدة
Other Name:Hadideh
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Coordinates:34.6736°N 36.3967°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Homs
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Talkalakh
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Hadidah
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Total:2,544
Population As Of:2004
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+3
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Hadidah (Arabic: حديدة, also spelled Hadideh) is a town in the northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs and just east of the border with Lebanon. Nearby localities include Liftaya to the southeast, Khirbet al-Hamam to the east, Shin to the north, Mizyeneh and al-Huwash to the northwest, and al-Zarah and Talkalakh to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hadidah had a population of 2,544 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hadidah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of 27 localities with a collective population of 25,998 in 2004.[1] The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Alawites.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110032622/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-15-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. [Eli Smith|Smith]
  3. Conder, 1885, p. 52