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Nimreh

Village in as-Suwayda, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Nimreh (Arabic: نمرة, also called Nimra) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located northeast of al-Suwayda. It is situated on the northern end of Jabal al-Arab. Nearby localities include Shaqqa, Hit and al-Junayneh to the north, Shahba, Salim and Mardak to the west and Mafaalah and Qanawat to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nimreh had a population of 4,376 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.

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In 1838 Eli Smith noted Nimreh as being located in Hauran Sanjak, and inhabited by Druze and Antiochian Greek Christians.[2]

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