Hasrajiyah

Hasrajiyah حصرجية Hasırciye[1]
Village
A view of the village from 2009
Hasrajiyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°43′36″N 36°15′22″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Talkalakh
Subdistrict	Talkalakh
Population  (2004)
• Total	519
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Hasrajiyah (Turkish: Hasırciye;[1] Arabic: حصرجية, romanized: Hāsīrjīyyah, also spelled Hasrajieh) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate.

Demographics

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hasrajiyah had a population of 519 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3] In 1838, its inhabitants were noted as being predominantly Turkmen.[4]

References

1. Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri. — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 15 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
2. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
3. "قلعة الحصن في الذكرى الرابعة لاجتياحها.. العودة رغم الخوف".
4. Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182

Bibliography

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