Hish حِيش | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Hish Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°32′47″N36°38′35″E / 35.54639°N 36.64306°E /35.54639; 36.64306 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
| Subdistrict | Hish |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 8,817 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Hish (Arabic:حِيش,romanized: Ḥīš, also spelledHeish orHeesh) is a town in northwesternSyria, administratively part of theMa'arrat al-Numan District of theIdlib Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hish had a population of 8,817 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hish Subdistrict, which contained 18 localities with a combined population of 41,231 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlySunni Muslims.[2]
Nearby localities includeKafr Nabl,Hass,Kafr Ruma andMaarrat al-Numan to the north,Babulin andal-Tah to the east,Kafr Sajnah to the west andKhan Shaykhun to the south. Hish was a small hamlet in the 1960s.[2]
