Ruwaysa

Al-Ruwaysa
الرويسة
Rweiseh
Village
Al-Ruwaysa is located in Syria
Al-Ruwaysa
Al-Ruwaysa
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°58′7″N 35°54′15″E / 34.96861°N 35.90417°E / 34.96861; 35.90417
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictTartus
SubdistrictAl-Sawda
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
256
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC5215

Al-Ruwaysa (Arabic: الرويسة; also spelled Rweiseh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus District of Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ruwaysa had a population of 256 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Alawites. Ruwaysa is home to Syria's largest cement factory.[2]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  2. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 253.

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