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Ain al-Raheb

Coordinates: 34°46′19″N 36°14′32″E / 34.7719691°N 36.2422160°E / 34.7719691; 36.2422160
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Ain al-Raheb
عين الراهب
Village
Ain al-Raheb is located in Syria
Ain al-Raheb
Ain al-Raheb
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°46′19″N 36°14′32″E / 34.7719691°N 36.2422160°E / 34.7719691; 36.2422160
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictTalkalakh
SubdistrictNasirah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
349
Time zoneUTC 2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) 3

Ain al-Raheb (Arabic: عين الراهب) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ain al-Raheb had a population of 349 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church and a Greek Catholic Church.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
  3. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
  4. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

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