Hish, Syria

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Hish
حيش
Village
Hish is located in Syria
Hish
Hish
Location in Syria
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Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict Hish
Population (2004)
 • Total 8,817
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Hish (Arabic: حيش‎‎, also spelled Heish or 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.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

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.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boulanger, 1966, p. 377.

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