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Deir Shamil

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Country
  
Syria

District
  
Masyaf

Local time
  
Sunday 11:00 PM

Governorate
  
Hama

Subdistrict
  
Jubb Ramlah

Population
  
4,537 (2004)

Deir Shamil

Weather
  
10°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 73% Humidity

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. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

Map of Deir Shamil, Syria

In the early 1960s it was described as a large village of 600 inhabitants. It contained the remains of an Ottoman-era seraglio.

References

Deir Shamil Wikipedia