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Baqin

Coordinates: 33°41′57.8″N 36°06′27.1″E / 33.699389°N 36.107528°E / 33.699389; 36.107528
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Baqin
بقين
Village
Baqin is located in Syria
Baqin
Baqin
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°41′57.8″N 36°06′27.1″E / 33.699389°N 36.107528°E / 33.699389; 36.107528
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictAl-Zabadani District
NahiyahMadaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total1,866
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Baqin (Arabic: بُقَيْن, romanized: Buqayn) or Buqayn is a Syrian village in the Al-Zabadani District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Baqin had a population of 1,866 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 146

Bibliography

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  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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