Maskanah, Homs Governorate
{{about|the village in Homs Governorate in Syria|the town in Aleppo Governorate|Maskanah}}
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Maskanah ({{langx|ar|مسكنة}}) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located just south of Homs. Nearby localities include Kafr Aya, Qattinah and Abil to the west, Jandar to the south and Fairouzeh and Zaidal to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maskanah had a population of 4,430 in the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120731052244/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-1-2004.htm |date=2012-07-31 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} In 1945 the village had 900 inhabitants.Gibb, 1991, p. 734. Its inhabitants are predominantly Syriac Christians of the Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church.Smith, 1841, p. 175.
Notable people
- Ignatius Moses I Daoud: Syriac Catholic Patriarch (1998 – 2001) and Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|last=Gibb|first=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen|authorlink=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam: MAHK-MID|publisher=Brill|year=1991|isbn=9789004081123|page=734}}
- {{cite book|first1=Eli|last1=Smith|first2=Edward|last2=Robinson|title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt0uAAAAQAAJ&q=d'Helfaya|publisher=Crocker and Brewster|volume=3|year=1841}}
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See also
External links
- [https://aram-sadad.com/en/home/ Syriac-Aramean villages of Homs]
{{Homs Governorate|homs}}
Category:Populated places in Homs District
Category:Syriac Orthodox Christian communities in Syria
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