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Bidama

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Bidama
بِدَامَا
Town
Bidama is located in Syria
Bidama
Bidama
Coordinates: 35°48′45″N 36°11′37″E / 35.81250°N 36.19361°E / 35.81250; 36.19361
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib Governorate
DistrictJisr al-Shughur District
SubdistrictBidama Subdistrict
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total4,162
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Bidama (Arabic: بِدَامَا, romanizedBidāmā; also spelled Bdama and Badama) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located northwest of Idlib along the border with Turkey. Nearby localities include al-Najiyah to the southeast, Jisr al-Shughur to the east, Shughur al-Fuqani and al-Janudiyah to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bidama had a population of 4,162 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center and the second largest locality of the Bidama nahiyah which consisted of 14 localities with a combined population of 18,501 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim Kurds[2]

Ancient ruins are situated just to the northeast of the town.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ a b Boulanger, 1966, pp. 474-475.

Bibliography

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  • Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.