Barri Sharqi

Barri Sharqi بري شرقي Berri Sharqi
Town
Barri Sharqi Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34.980643°N 37.202110°E / 34.980643; 37.202110
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Salamiyah
Subdistrict	Barri Sharqi
Population  (2004)
• Total	4,172
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Barri Sharqi (Arabic: بري شرقي; also spelled Berri Sharqi) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located east of Hama at the edge of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Tell al-Tut and district center Salamiyah to the west, Aqarib to the north, Suha and Uqayribat to the east and al-Mukharram to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Barri Sharqi had a population of 4,172 in the 2004 census.^[1] In 1838 it was classified as a khirba ("ruined village") by English scholar Eli Smith.^[2]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Smith, 1841, p. 177.

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.