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Jiwar_al-Afas Latitude and Longitude:

34°46′44″N 36°14′27″E / 34.77889°N 36.24083°E / 34.77889; 36.24083
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Jiwar al-Afas
جوار العفص
Village
Jiwar al-Afas is located in Syria
Jiwar al-Afas
Jiwar al-Afas
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°46′44″N 36°14′27″E / 34.77889°N 36.24083°E / 34.77889; 36.24083
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Talkalakh
Subdistrict Nasirah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total385
Time zone UTC+2 ( EET)
 • Summer ( DST)+3

Jiwar al-Afas ( Arabic: جوار العفص, also spelled Jewar al-Afs) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jiwar al-Afas had a population of 385 in the 2004 census. [1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic Christians. The village has a Greek Orthodox Church and a Greek Catholic Church [2] [3]


References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
  3. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".