Al-Zaynah
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Al-Zaynah
الزينة | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 35°5′5″N 36°19′33″E / 35.08472°N 36.32583°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Hama |
District | Masyaf |
Subdistrict | Masyaf |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 983 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
City Qrya Pcode | C3351 |
Al-Zaynah (Arabic: الزينة, also spelled Zeineh) is a Syrian village located in the Masyaf Subdistrict in Masyaf District, located west of Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Zaynah had a population of 983 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
Sometime in the early 20th century, Sulayman al-Wahhish of Qardaha, the grandfather of Hafez al-Assad and great-grandfather of Bashar al-Assad, mediated a dispute between the two main families of Zaynah when the local notable Muhammad Bey Junayd was unable to.[3]
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 450.
- ^ Seale, 1990, p. 4
Bibliography
- Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.
Seale, Patrick (1990), Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East, University of California Press, ISBN 9780520069763