Banabil

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Banabil
بنابل
Village
Banabil in the 1990s
Banabil in the 1990s
Banabil is located in Syria
Banabil
Banabil
Coordinates: 36°12′1″N 36°33′44″E / 36.20028°N 36.56222°E / 36.20028; 36.56222
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictHarem
SubdistrictQurqania Nahiyah
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total542
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Banabil (Arabic: بنابل, also spelled Benabel or Bnabel) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Harem District of the Idlib Governorate. Nearby localities include Harem to the west, Qalb Loze to the south, and the Turkish city of Reyhanli to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Banabil had a population of 542 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived February 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 409.

Bibliography[edit]

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