Al-Bariqiyah

Al-Bariqiyah (Arabic: البارقية, also spelled Barqieh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. It is situated between Safita to the west, Mashta al-Helu to the north and the Wadi al-Nasara area to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bariqiyah had a population of 3,627 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict, which consists of eight localities with a total population of 7,336.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2]

Al-Bariqiyah البارقية Barqieh
Village
Al-Bariqiyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°49′39″N 36°13′26″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
District	Safita
Subdistrict	Bariqiyah
Population  (2004)
• Total	3,627

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
2. Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.