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Baqin

Coordinates: 33°41′57.8″N 36°06′27.1″E / 33.699389°N 36.107528°E / 33.699389; 36.107528
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Baqin
بقين
Village
Baqin is located in Syria
Baqin
Baqin
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°41′57.8″N 36°06′27.1″E / 33.699389°N 36.107528°E / 33.699389; 36.107528
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictAl-Zabadani District
NahiyahMadaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total1,866
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Baqin (Arabic: بقين) or Buqayn is a Syrian village in the Al-Zabadani District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Baqin had a population of 1,866 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

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Bibliography

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.