Al-Bayda, Tadmur

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al-Bayda
البيضة
al-Bayda al-Sharqiyah
Village
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al-Bayda
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°30′32″N37°56′16″E / 34.50889°N 37.93778°E / 34.50889; 37.93778
CountryFlag of Syria.svg  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Tadmur
Subdistrict Tadmur
Population (2004)
  Total 670
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

al-Bayda (Arabic : البيضة; also spelled Beida; also known as al-Bayda al-Sharqiyah) is a village in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is situated in the Syrian Desert on the road between Tadmur (Palmyra) in the east and Tiyas in the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria (CBS), al-Bayda had a population of 670 in the 2004 census. [1]

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Homs Governorate Governorate in Syria

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References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)