District Maarrat al-Nu'man Time zone EET (UTC+2) | Subdistrict Maarrat al-Nu'man Population 4,429 (2004) | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 74% Humidity | ||
Syrian army tanks and artillery shell deir sharqi village crops 105
Deir Sharqi (Arabic: دير شرقي, also spelled Dayr al-Sharqi) is a village administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Nearby localities include the mantiqah ("district") center of Maarrat al-Nu'man to the northwest, Maar Shamshah to the north, Maar Shamarin and Talmanis to the northeast, Jirjinaz to the east, al-Tah to the south, Hish to the southwest and Basqala, Hass and Kafr Nabl to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Sharqi had a population of 4,429 in the 2004 census.
Deir Sharqi contains a Byzantine-era church dated to 361 CE. A notable mosaic was found in the building.
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