Suwayri

Suwayri صويري
Village
Suwayri Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°54′55″N 36°27′43″E / 34.91528°N 36.46194°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	Shin
Population (2004)
• Total	2,966
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)

Suwayri (Arabic: صويري‎‎, also spelled Suweireh or Swarey) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Shin to the northwest, al-Mahfurah to the north, Ghur Gharbiyah to the northeast, Qazhal to the east, Khirbet Tin Nur to the southeast, Khirbet al-Hamam to the south, Hadidah to the southwest and Mazinah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Suwayri had a population of 2,966 in the 2004 census, making it the second largest locality in the Shin nahiyah ("subdistrict").^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
2. Smith, 1841, p. 182.

Bibliography

• Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.