Official Name: | al-Sayyid |
Other Name: | al-Sayed |
Native Name: | الصايد |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Homs Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Homs District |
Subdivision Type3: | Nahiyah |
Subdivision Name3: | Furqlus |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 1,309 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 34.6383°N 37.0261°W |
Al-Sayyid (Arabic: الصايد|aṣ-Ṣāyid, also spelled al-Sayed) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located east of Homs in the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Fatim al-Arnouk to the immediate northeast, Tell Shinan to the northwest and Furqlus to the southeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sayyid had a population of 1,309 in the 2004 census.[1]