Kafrish

Kafrish
كفريش
Village
Kafrish is located in Syria
Kafrish
Kafrish
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°42′53″N 36°13′22″E / 34.71472°N 36.22278°E / 34.71472; 36.22278
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictTalkalakh
SubdistrictTalkalakh
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
654
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

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.

Demographics

According to Syria's first official post-independence census of 1960, Kafrish at a population of 139. By the time of the 2004 census, its population had risen to 654.

References

  1. ↑ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
  2. ↑ Census of population, 1960, Volume 7-8 (in Arabic). 1960. p. 242.
  3. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.

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