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Suwayri

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Country
  
Syria

District
  
Homs

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Governorate
  
Homs

Subdistrict
  
Shin

Population
  
2,966 (2004)

Suwayri

Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 83% Humidity

Suwayri (Arabic: صويري‎‎, also spelled Suweireh or Swarey) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Shin to the northwest, al-Mahfurah to the north, Ghur Gharbiyah to the northeast, Qazhal to the east, Khirbet Tin Nur to the southeast, Khirbet al-Hamam to the south, Hadidah to the southwest and Mazinah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Suwayri had a population of 2,966 in the 2004 census, making it the second largest locality in the Shin nahiyah ("subdistrict"). Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

References

Suwayri Wikipedia