- Source: Maskanah, Homs Governorate
Maskanah (Syriac: ܡܣܟܢܐ, Arabic: مسكنة) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located just south of Homs. Nearby localities include Kafr Aya, Qattinah and Abil to the west, Jandar to the south and Fairouzeh and Zaidal to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maskanah had a population of 4,430 in the 2004 census. In 1945 the village had 900 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are predominantly Syriac Christians (Orthodox and Catholic) of Aramean (Syriac) descent.
Notable people
Ignatius Moses I Daoud: Syriac Catholic Patriarch (1998 – 2001) and Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
References
Bibliography
See also
Fairouzeh
Zaidal
Sadad
Al-Qaryatayn
Al-Hafar
External links
Syriac-Aramean villages of Homs
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