Basimah

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Basimah
بسيمة
Village
Basimah, in the 1880s, from Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, vol 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/picturesquepales02wils#page/199/mode/1up 199]
Basimah, in the 1880s, from Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, vol 2, p. 199
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Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictQudsaya District
NahiyahQudsaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
2,812
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11

Basimah (Arabic: بسيمة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northwest of Damascus in the Wadi Barada. Nearby localities include Ain al-Fijah, Deir Qanun, al-Dimas, Jdeidat al-Wadi, Deir Muqaran and Kfeir al-Zayt. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Basimah had a population of 2,812 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

History

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In 1838, Eli Smith noted that Basimah‘s population was Sunni Muslim.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147

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