Hamin (Arabic: حمين, romanizedHamīn) is a Syrian village in the Duraykish District in Tartous Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamin had a population of 2,222 in the 2004 census. It is the center of the Hamin nahiya (subdistrict), which had a population of 9,922.[1] The inhabitants of the village and the subdistrict are Alawites, predominantly from the Matawira tribal confederation.[2] In 1960, the town had a population of 626.[3]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 152.
  3. ^ Syria. Wizārat al-Takhtīt al-Qawmī. Mudīrīyat al-Iḥṣāʼ (1960). Census of population, 1960, Volumes 9-11. Syria. p. 299.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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