Tell al-Nabi Mando
Tell al-Nabi Mando تل النبي مندو قادش Qadesh | |
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Village | |
Tell al-Nabi Mando Location in Syria | |
Coordinates: 34°33′9″N 36°31′6″E / 34.55250°N 36.51833°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Homs |
District | Al-Qusayr |
Subdistrict | Al-Qusayr |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,068 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+3) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
Tell al-Nabi Mando (Arabic: تل النبي مندو, also known Qadesh Arabic: قادش) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Orontes River. Nearby localities include al-Houz to the north, Kafr Mousa to the northeast, Arjoun to the east, al-Qusayr to the southeast, Zita al-Gharbiyah to the southwest, al-Aqrabiyah to the southwest and al-Naim to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell al-Nabi Mando had a population of 1,068 in the 2004 census.[1] The village is adjacent to the ancient site of Qadesh (a name which also refers to the village), which abuts it to the north. It is an Alawite village.[2]
References
- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ Rougier, Bernard (13 October 2015). The Sunni Tragedy in the Middle East: Northern Lebanon from al-Qaeda to ISIS. Princeton University Press. p. 214. ISBN 9781400873579.