Al-Masriyah

Al-Masriyah
Al-Masriyah ; المصرية
	Village
	Al-Masriyah Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 34°27′52″N 36°29′0″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Qusayr
Subdistrict	Qusayr
Population (2004)
• Total	618
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Masriyah (Arabic: المصرية‎) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately north and south of the border with Lebanon. Nearby localities include Zita al-Gharbiyah to the north, al-Qusayr to the northeast, Zira'a and Rablah. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Masriyah had a population of 618 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims.[2]

References

"General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
Hodeib, Mirella (2012-10-13). "Lebanese in Syrian villages gear up". The Daily Star. Lebanon Wire. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-31.

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[1] "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.

[2] Hodeib, Mirella (2012-10-13). "Lebanese in Syrian villages gear up". The Daily Star. Lebanon Wire. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-31.