Zaidal ܙܝܕܠ زيدل
Town
Zaidal Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°42′50″N 36°47′0″E / 34.71389°N 36.78333°E / 34.71389; 36.78333
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	Homs
Population  (2004)
• Total	5,710
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Zaidal (Syriac: ܙܝܕܠ, Arabic: زيدل, also spelled Zaydal) is a town in the Homs Governorate of central Syria, just east of Homs, forming a part of its suburbs. Nearby localities include Fairouzeh to the south and the Homs neighborhoods of Karm al-Zaitun, al-Sabil and al-Zahra to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Zaidal had a population of 5,710 in 2004.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Syriac Christians of Aramean (Syriac) descent, and some of them still speak Aramaic as a second language.^[2][3][4]

Notable people

• Rosemary Barkett (1939-): American judge and former nun, whose parents were from Zeidal.

See also

• Fairouzeh
• Al-Hafar
• Maskanah
• Al-Qaryatayn
• Sadad

References

External links

• Syriac-Aramean villages of Homs

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