Junaynah جنينة Jneineh | |
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Village | |
  Junaynah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°29′43″N37°17′54″E / 35.49528°N 37.29833°E /35.49528; 37.29833 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hamraa |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,388 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3100 |
Junaynah (Arabic:جنينة; also transliteratedJneineh) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theHamraa Subdistrict of theHama District. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Junaynah had a population of 1,388 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.
In 1890, Junaynah was sold by the partlyBedouin Ma'adid tribe to the Kaylani family,Hama-basednotables. By the 1920s or early 1930s, the Hama landowners of Junaynah settled the village withAlawite tenant farmers to cultivate its lands.[2]
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