Masudiyah

Mas'udiyah مسعودية
Mas'udiyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°51′35″N 37°18′18″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Al-Mukharram
Subdistrict	Jubb al-Jarrah
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	1,755
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Mas'udiyah (Arabic: مسعودية) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northeast of Homs. Nearby localities include subdistrict center Jubb al-Jarrah to the south and Barri Sharqi to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Mas'udiyah had a population of 1,755 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2]

References

1. "Genereal Census of Population and Housing 2004". CBS. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012.
2. "Al-Qaeda-linked rebels claim Syrian sectarian killings". Times of Israel. Associated Press. 2013-09-16.