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Hish, Syria

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Hish
حِيش
Town
Hish is located in Syria
Hish
Hish
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°32′47″N 36°38′35″E / 35.54639°N 36.64306°E / 35.54639; 36.64306
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictMaarrat al-Nu'man
SubdistrictHish
Population
 (2004)
 • Total8,817
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Hish (Arabic: حِيش, romanizedḤīš, also spelled Heish or Heesh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ma'arrat al-Numan District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hish had a population of 8,817 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hish Subdistrict, which contained 18 localities with a combined population of 41,231 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

Nearby localities include Kafr Nabl, Hass, Kafr Ruma and Maarrat al-Numan to the north, Babulin and al-Tah to the east, Kafr Sajnah to the west and Khan Shaykhun to the south. Hish was a small hamlet in the 1960s.[2]

References

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  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ a b Boulanger, 1966, p. 377.

Bibliography

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  • Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.