Qayrun

Qayrun
قيرون
Village
Qayrun is located in Syria
Qayrun
Qayrun
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°7′58″N 36°20′32″E / 35.13278°N 36.34222°E / 35.13278; 36.34222
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictMasyaf
SubdistrictMasyaf
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,084
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3368

Qayrun (Arabic: قيرون) is a Syrian village located in the Masyaf Subdistrict in Masyaf District, located west of Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qayrun had a population of 1,084 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

The writer Mamdouh Adwan was one of the notable people born in Qayrun.

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 451.

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