Jiwar al-Afas
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Village in Homs, Syria
Jiwar al-Afas
جوار العفص | |
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Village | |
Jiwar al-Afas is located in Syria Jiwar al-Afas Jiwar al-Afas Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°46′44′′N 36°14′27′′E / 34.77889°N 36.24083°E / 34.77889; 36.24083 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Talkalakh |
| Subdistrict | Nasirah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 385 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Jiwar al-Afas (Arabic: جوار العفص, also spelled Jewar al-Afs) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jiwar al-Afas had a population of 385 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic Christians. The village has a Greek Orthodox Church and a Greek Catholic Church [2] [3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" . Retrieved 2014年07月10日.
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
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