Official Name: | Marayan |
Other Name: | Mir'ian |
Native Name: | مرعيان |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Idlib |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ariha |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Ihsim |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 2,274 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.7394°N 36.5619°W |
Marayan (Arabic: مرعيان, also spelled Mir'ian) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ariha District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Marayan had a population of 2,274 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2] Nearby localities include Ihsim and Iblin to the south, Sarjah to the east, and al-Rami and Ariha to the north.
In the 1960s, Marayan was a small village containing a mosque and a spring. In the village's immediate vicinity are the ruins of Byzantine-era grottoes, which were being used as underground residences in the 1960s.[2]