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Maarat Saidnaya
معرة صيدنايا
Village
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictAl-Tall District
NahiyahSaidnaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total3,084
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Maarat Saidnaya, or Maaret Saidnaya (Arabic: معرة صيدنايا) is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maarat Saidnaya had a population of 3,084 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Catholics.[2] The Mor Ephrem Monastery, consecrated in 1996, is the siege of a seminary and the residence of the patriarch.

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Template:Ar icon
  2. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 172.

Bibliography

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.


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