Amar al-Husn (Arabic: عمار الحصن; also known simply as 'Amar) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Amar al-Husn had a population of 373 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2] The village has an Antiochian Orthodox Church, a Greek Catholic Church and an Evangelical Presbyterian Church.[3][4]
The First Syrian Olympic Medalist Joseph Atiyeh was born in Amar al Husn
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
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