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Al-Sisiniyah
Sign in to saveAl-Sisiniyah (, also spelled Sisnyeh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Safita to the north, al-Bariqiyah to the northeast, Habnamrah and Marmarita to the east, al-Zarah to the southeast, al-Tulay'i to the southwest, Buwaydet al-Suwayqat to the west and Beit al-Shaykh Yunes to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sisiniyah had a population of 2,667 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Sisiniyah nahiyah ("sub-district") which con
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Al-Sisiniyah
- Settlement.other_name
- Sisnyeh
- Settlement.native_name
- السيسنية
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tartus
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Safita
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Al-Sisiniyah
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- السيسنية
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Sisniyyeh Subdistrict
- Population
- 2667
- Elevation
- 252
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- native label
- السيسنية
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Al-Sisiniyah (, also spelled Sisnyeh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Safita to the north, al-Bariqiyah to the northeast, Habnamrah and Marmarita to the east, al-Zarah to the southeast, al-Tulay'i to the southwest, Buwaydet al-Suwayqat to the west and Beit al-Shaykh Yunes to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sisiniyah had a population of 2,667 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Sisiniyah nahiyah ("sub-district") which consisted of 19 localities with a collective population of 22,018 in 2004. The town's inhabitants are a mix of Alawites and Christians, with each community having its own mukhtar ("village head").
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