Tell al-Nabi Mando

Tell al-Nabi Mando
تل النبي مندو
قادش

Qadesh
Village
Tell al-Nabi Mando

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°33′9″N 36°31′6″E / 34.55250°N 36.51833°E / 34.55250; 36.51833
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

  1. ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. ↑ 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.


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