Al-Bariqiyah البارقية Barqieh | |
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  Al-Bariqiyah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°49′39″N36°13′26″E / 34.82750°N 36.22389°E /34.82750; 36.22389 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Safita |
| Subdistrict | Bariqiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 3,627 |
Al-Bariqiyah (Arabic:البارقية, also spelledBarqieh) is a village in northwesternSyria, administratively part of theTartus Governorate, located southeast ofTartus. It is situated betweenSafita to the west,Mashta al-Helu to the north and theWadi al-Nasara area to the south. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bariqiyah had a population of 3,627 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict, which consists of eight localities with a total population of 7,336.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.[2]
