Hish, Syria

Hish (Arabic: حِيش, romanized: Ḥīš, also spelled Heish or Heesh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ma'arrat al-Numan District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hish had a population of 8,817 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hish Subdistrict, which contained 18 localities with a combined population of 41,231 in 2004.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.^[2]

Hish حِيش
Town
Hish Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°32′47″N 36°38′35″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Idlib
District	Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict	Hish
Population  (2004)
• Total	8,817
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Nearby localities include Kafr Nabl, Hass, Kafr Ruma and Maarrat al-Numan to the north, Babulin and al-Tah to the east, Kafr Sajnah to the west and Khan Shaykhun to the south. Hish was a small hamlet in the 1960s.^[2]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Boulanger, 1966, p. 377.

Bibliography

• Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.