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Hinah
Village in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hinah (Arabic: حينة) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hinah had a population of 1,524 in the 2004 census.[1] The inhabitants of Hinah are predominantly Druze and Christians.[2]
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History
The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century.[3]
Historical geographer Samuel Klein has pointed out that in the immediate environs of Heeneh and Rimah there is a large reservoir (birket) containing more than 500 cubic metres (500,000 L) of water for irrigation of crops.[4]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Hinah's population as Druze and Antiochian Greek Christians.[5]
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Religious buildings
Hinah has two churches:[6]
- St. Elias of the Greek Orthodox Church
- St. Elias of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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