Daminah al-Sharqiyah

Daminah al-Sharqiyah دمينة الشرقية
Village
Daminah al-Sharqiyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°34′38″N 36°40′40″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs Governorate
District	Al-Qusayr District
Nahiyah	Al-Qusayr
Population  (2004)
• Total	1,893
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

Daminah al-Sharqiyah (Arabic: دمينة الشرقية) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. Nearby localities include Shinshar to the northeast, al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya to the northwest and al-Qusayr to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Daminah al-Sharqiyah had a population of 1,893 in the 2004 census.[1]

In 1838 Daminah al-Sharqiyah was classified as an abandoned village by English scholar Eli Smith.[2]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Smith, 1841, p. 176.

Bibliography

• Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.