Maskanah, Homs Governorate

Maskanah

ܡܣܟܢܐ
مسكنة
Maskanah ܡܣܟܢܐ مسكنة
Village
	Maskanah Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 34°39′51″N 36°44′01″E / 34.664095°N 36.733544°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	Homs
Population (2004)
• Total	4,430
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

Maskanah (Syriac: ܡܣܟܢܐ, Arabic: مسكنة) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located just south of Homs. Nearby localities include Kafr Aya, Qattinah and Abil to the west, Jandar to the south and Fairouzeh and Zaidal to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maskanah had a population of 4,430 in the 2004 census.^[1] In 1945 the village had 900 inhabitants.^[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Syriac Christians (Orthodox and Catholic) of Aramean (Syriac) descent.^[3]^[4]

Notable people

Ignatius Moses I Daoud: Syriac Catholic Patriarch (1998 – 2001) and Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

References

^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ Gibb, 1991, p. 734.
^ https://aram-sadad.com/en/aramaic-villages/
^ Smith, 1841, p. 175.

Bibliography

Gibb, Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen (1991). The Encyclopaedia of Islam: MAHK-MID. Brill. p. 734. ISBN 9789004081123.
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.

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[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] Gibb, 1991, p. 734.

[3] ttps://aram-sadad.com/en/aramaic-villages/

[4] Smith, 1841, p. 175.

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Maskanah ܡܣܟܢܐ مسكنة
Village
Maskanah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°39′51″N 36°44′01″E / 34.664095°N 36.733544°E / 34.664095; 36.733544
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	Homs
Population (2004)
• Total	4,430
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

Notable people

References

Bibliography

See also

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