Khunayfis

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| official_name = Khunayfis

| other_name = Khneifis

| native_name = خنيفس

| native_name_lang = ar

| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map = Syria

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria

| coordinates = {{coord|34|57|4|N|36|59|53|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hama

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Salamiyah

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Salamiyah

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2,570

| population_as_of = 2004

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

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| blank_name_sec1 = City Qrya Pcode

| blank_info_sec1 = C3242

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Khunayfis ({{langx|ar|خنيفس}}) is a Syrian village located in the Salamiyah Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District in Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khunayfis had a population of 2,570 in the 2004 census.{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2014-07-10}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.{{cite web|last1=Mirza|first1=Garib|last2=Al-Khateeb|first2=Humam|title=The Conflict in the Town of Salamiyah A Model for the Formation of ‘Mafias’ in Syria|url=http://drsc-sy.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/The-Conflict-in-the-Town-of-Salamiya-A-Model-for-the-Formation-of-Mafias-in-Syria.pdf|website=www.drsc-sy.org|publisher=Democratic Republic Studies Center|access-date=2016-11-09|date=September 2015}}