Basufan
Village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Basufan (Arabic: باصوفان; Kurdish: Basûfan)[2] (sometimes spelled Bassoûfâne, Bassoufane, Bosoufane, Bāşūfān) is an ancient village located in northwestern Syria. The village is populated by Yezidi Kurds and had a population of 901 in the 2004 census according to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS),[1][2] and had a population of 2059 according to the civil registry records at the end of 2005.[2]
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Basufan
باصوفان | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°20′23″N 36°52′30″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Aleppo Governorate |
District | Afrin District |
Nahiyah | Afrin Subdistrict |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 901 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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The village is notable for being the site of a former fifth-century church dedicated to Saint Phocas.