Marayan

Marayan
مرعيان
Mir'ian
Village
Marayan

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°44′22″N 36°33′43″E / 35.73944°N 36.56194°E / 35.73944; 36.56194
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Ariha
Subdistrict Ihsim
Population (2004)
  Total 2,274
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Marayan (Arabic: مرعيان, also spelled Mir'ian) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ariha District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Marayan had a population of 2,274 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2] Nearby localities include Ihsim and Iblin to the south, Sarjah to the east, and al-Rami and Ariha to the north.

In the 1960s, Marayan was a small village containing a mosque and a spring. In the village's immediate vicinity are the ruins of Byzantine-era grottoes, which were being used as underground residences in the 1960s.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. 1 2 Boulanger, 1966, p. 411.

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