Qalatiyah

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Qalatiyah
قلاطية
Village
Qalatiyah is located in Syria
Qalatiyah
Qalatiyah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°47′39″N 36°18′49″E / 34.79417°N 36.31361°E / 34.79417; 36.31361
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictTalkalakh
SubdistrictNasirah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total724
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Qalatiyah (Arabic: قلاطية, also spelled Qlltia, Kilitia, or Kulleituliyeh) is a village in western Syria in the Wadi al-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians") and administratively belonging to the governorate of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qalatiyah had a population of 724 in the 2004 census.[1]

Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Sprague, Sean. "Syria's Christian Valley". Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
  3. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181
  4. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

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