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Baqin () or Buqayn is a Syrian village in the Al-Zabadani District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Baqin had a population of 1,866 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

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Locality
بقين
Region
محافظة ريف دمشق
Country
سوريا
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Baqin () or Buqayn is a Syrian village in the Al-Zabadani District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Baqin had a population of 1,866 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

==History== In 1838, Eli Smith noted that Baqin's population was Sunni Muslim.

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