The town is also the administrative center of the Beit Jinn Subdistrict which consists of nine towns with a combined population of 15,668.[1] The subdistrict has a mixed Sunni and Druze population and Beit Jinn contains a Druze religious shrine.[3] Nearby localities include Kafr Hawr, Qalaat al-Jandal and Qatana to the northeast and Sa'sa', Kanaker and Deir Maker to the southeast. The Nahr al-Awaj river (ancient Pharpar) passes near the town.
History
Beit Jinn was visited by Andalusian geographer Ibn Jubayr in the late 12th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village between Darayyah and Baniyas lying among the hills."[4]
Syria
