Al-Shinyah

Al-Shinyah (Arabic: الشنية, also spelled al-Shiniyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Fahel to the southwest, al-Qabu to the south, Sharqliyya to the southeast, Taldou and al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the northeast and Maryamin to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Shinyah had a population of 2,058 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2][3]

al-Shinyah الشنية al-Shiniyeh
Village
al-Shinyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°51′29″N 36°27′6″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	al-Qabu
Population  (2004)
• Total	2,058
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)