Difa
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|subdivision_name1 = Latakia
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|subdivision_name2 = Al-Haffah
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|subdivision_name3 = Muzayraa
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Difa ({{langx|ar|ديفة}}, also spelled Difeh) is a village in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Muzayraa Subdistrict of the al-Haffah District, located east of Latakia. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Difa had a population of 403 in the 2004 census.[https://archive.today/20130112122604/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-18-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.Meismani, 1998, p. 121. Difa is the birthplace of the well-known poet Badawi al-Jabal.Moubayed, 2006, p. 542.
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Bibliography
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- {{Citation|first=Julie Scott|last=Meismani|title=Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sx1bqgibKhQC&dq=badawi+jabal&pg=PA121|volume=1|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1998|isbn=9780415185714}}
- {{Citation|first=Sami M.|last=Moubayed|title=Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sC-xU8QHSooC&dq=badawi+jabal&pg=PA543|publisher=Cune Press|year=2006|isbn=9781885942401}}
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{{Latakia Governorate|haffah}}