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Tell al-Nabi Mando
تل النبي مندو
قادش
Qadesh
Village
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictAl-Qusayr
SubdistrictAl-Qusayr
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,068
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Tell al-Nabi Mando (Arabic: تل النبي مندو, also known Qadesh Arabic: قادش) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Orontes River. Nearby localities include al-Houz to the north, Kafr Mousa to the northeast, Arjoun to the east, al-Qusayr to the southeast, Zita al-Gharbiyah to the southwest, al-Aqrabiyah to the southwest and al-Naim to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell al-Nabi Mando had a population of 1,068 in the 2004 census.[1] The village is adjacent to the ancient site of Qadesh (a name which also refers to the village), which abuts it to the north. It is an Alawite village.[2]

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. Template:Ar icon
  2. ^ Rougier, Bernard (13 October 2015). The Sunni Tragedy in the Middle East: Northern Lebanon from al-Qaeda to ISIS. Princeton University Press. p. 214. ISBN 9781400873579.