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Hisyah (, also spelled Hasya, Hasiyah, Hesa or Hessia) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located about 35 kilometers south of Homs. Situated on the M5 Highway between Homs and Damascus, nearby localities include al-Qusayr and Rableh to the northwest, Shamsin and Jandar to the north, Dardaghan to the northeast, Sadad to the southeast and Bureij to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hisyah had a population of 5,425 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslims and Catholics.

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Place details

Locality
حسياء
Region
محافظة حمص
Country
سوريا
Population
0
Timezone
Asia/Damascus

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Hisyah
Settlement.other_name
Hasya
Settlement.native_name
حِسْيَاء
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
Homs
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Homs
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Hisyah
Settlement.population_as_of
2004
Settlement.population_total
5,435

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Wikidata facts

Country
Syria
Population
5435
Image
Hisyah 13970904 02.jpg
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Commons category
Hisyah

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ancient period
  • Ottoman era
  • Modern era
  • References
  • Bibliography

Hisyah (, also spelled Hasya, Hasiyah, Hesa or Hessia) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located about 35 kilometers south of Homs. Situated on the M5 Highway between Homs and Damascus, nearby localities include al-Qusayr and Rableh to the northwest, Shamsin and Jandar to the north, Dardaghan to the northeast, Sadad to the southeast and Bureij to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hisyah had a population of 5,425 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslims and Catholics.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hisyah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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