Kafrish (Arabic: كفريش, also spelled Kafr Rish) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[1]
Kafrish
كفريش | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kafrish Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°42′53″N 36°13′22″E / 34.71472°N 36.22278°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Talkalakh |
| Subdistrict | Talkalakh |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 654 |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | 3 |
Demographics
editAccording to Syria's first official post-independence census of 1960, Kafrish at a population of 139.[2] By the time of the 2004 census, it's population had risen to 654.[3]
References
edit- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
- ^ Census of population, 1960, Volume 7-8 (in Arabic). 1960. p. 242.
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
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