Ayn al-Niser عين النسر | |
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Village | |
  Ayn al-Niser Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°50′29″N36°55′41″E / 34.841387°N 36.928139°E /34.841387; 36.928139 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Ayn al-Niser |
| Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 604 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Ayn al-Niser (Arabic:عين النسر, also spelledAin al-Nisr orAyni-Nasir) is a town in centralSyria, administratively part of theHoms Governorate, located northeast ofHoms. Nearby localities includeal-Mishirfeh to the west,Ayn al-Dananir to the northwest,Izz al-Din to the north,al-Mukharram al-Fawqani to the east andUmm al-Amad to the southeast.
According to theCentral Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ayn al-Niser had a population of 604 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and 11th largest locality of the Ayn al-Nisernahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of 16 localities with a collective population of 30,267.[1] The inhabitants of the village are ethnicCircassians from theShapsugh,Kabardian andBzhedug tribes.[2]
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