Deir Shamil – Wikipedia
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Village in Hama, Syria
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Deir Shmaeil دير شميَل Deir el-Shemil |
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Village |
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  Location in Syria |
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| Coordinates:
35°12′38″N 36°20′35″E / 35.21056°N 36.34306°E / 35.21056; 36.34306 |
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| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Masyaf |
| Subdistrict | Jubb Ramlah |
| Population
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| • Total | 4,537 |
Deir Shamil (Arabic: دير شميل, also spelled Deir el-Shemil) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Nahr al-Bared to the north, Tell Salhab to the northeast, Jubb Ramlah to the east, al-Laqbah and Deir Mama to the south and Daliyah to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Shamil had a population of 4,537 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
In the early 1960s it was described as a large village of 600 inhabitants. It contained the remains of an Ottoman-era seraglio.[2]
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Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.
- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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