al-Shinyah الشنية al-Shiniyeh | |
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Village | |
  al-Shinyah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°51′29″N36°27′6″E / 34.85806°N 36.45167°E /34.85806; 36.45167 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | al-Qabu |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,058 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Al-Shinyah (Arabic:الشنية, also spelledal-Shiniyeh) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theHoms Governorate, located northwest ofHoms. Nearby localities includeFahel to the southwest,al-Qabu to the south,Sharqliyya to the southeast,Taldou andal-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the northeast andMaryamin to the northwest. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Shinyah had a population of 2,058 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.[2][3]
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