Qalatiyah

Qalatiyah

Qalatiyah

Village in Homs, Syria

Qalatiyah (Arabic: قلاطية, also spelled Qlltia, Kilitia, or Kulleituliyeh) is a village in western Syria in the Wadi al-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians") and administratively belonging to the governorate of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qalatiyah had a population of 724 in the 2004 census.[1]

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Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. [2]
    Sprague, Sean. "Syria's Christian Valley". Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
  3. [3]
    Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181
  4. [4]
    "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

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