Shin [1] ( Arabic: شين ) is a city in the west of Syria , located in the Homs governorate. It is part of the Homs district. It is the center of the same name Nakhi.
| City | |
| Shin | |
|---|---|
| Arab. شين | |
| A country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| Area | Homs |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | 773 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 13,020 people ( 2004 ) |
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Geographical position
The city is located in the western part of the governorate, west of the Al-Asi River , at an altitude of 773 meters above sea level [2] .
Sheen is located about 20 kilometers (in a straight line) west of Homs , the provincial capital, and 134 kilometers north of Damascus , the country's capital.
Population
According to the 2004 official census, the population of the city was 13,020 people (6,719 men and 6,301 women). There were 2485 households [3] . Sunnis and Alawites predominate in the confessional composition of the population [4] .
Transport
The nearest civilian airport is Basil Al-Assad International Airport [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Syria. Reference card (scale 1: 1 000 000). - GUGK, 1977
- ↑ 1 2 Shin, Syria Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer.
- ↑ Data from the official 2004 census (ar.) (Link not available - history ) . Central Bureau of Statistics Syria.
- ↑ Balanche, Fabrice. La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien : [] . - Karthala Editions, 2006 .-- ISBN 2845868189 .