Town in Idlib, Syria
Hish
حِيش | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Hish Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°32′47″N 36°38′35″E / 35.54639°N 36.64306°E / 35.54639; 36.64306 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
| Subdistrict | Hish |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,817 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Hish (Arabic: حِيش, romanized: Ḥīš, also spelled Heish/Heesh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the: Ma'arrat al-Numan District of the——Idlib Governorate. According——to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hish had a population of 8,817 in the "2004 census." It is the administrative center of the Hish Subdistrict, which contained 18 localities with a combined population of 41,231 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
Nearby localities include Kafr Nabl, Hass, Kafr Ruma and Maarrat al-Numan——to the north, Babulin and al-Tah to the east, Kafr Sajnah to the west. And Khan Shaykhun to the south. Hish was a small hamlet in the 1960s.
References※
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 377.
Bibliography※
- Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.
