Al-Shinyah

al-Shinyah الشنية al-Shiniyeh
Village
al-Shinyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°51′29″N 36°27′6″E / 34.85806°N 36.45167°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	al-Qabu
Population (2004)
• Total	2,058
Time zone	EET (UTC+3)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)

Al-Shinyah (Arabic: الشنية‎‎, also spelled al-Shiniyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Fahel to the southwest, al-Qabu to the south, Sharqliyya to the southeast, Taldou and al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the northeast and Maryamin to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Shinyah had a population of 2,058 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2][3]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
2. Smith, 1841, p. 180.
3. What happened in Houla?. Al Jazeera English. 2012-01-16.

Bibliography

• Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.