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Al-Ruwaysa
الرويسة Rweiseh | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Ruwaysa Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°58′7″N 35°54′15″E / 34.96861°N 35.90417°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Tartus |
| Subdistrict | Al-Sawda |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 256 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5215 |
Al-Ruwaysa (Arabic: الرويسة; also spelled Rweiseh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus District of Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ruwaysa had a population of 256 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Alawites. Ruwaysa is home to Syria's largest cement factory.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ↑ Balanche 2000, p. 253.
Sources
[edit]- Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
