Al-Junaynah

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Al-Junaynah
الجنينة
Jneineh
Village
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Al-Junaynah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°20′51″N36°55′3″E / 35.34750°N 36.91750°E / 35.34750; 36.91750
CountryFlag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
Governorate Hama
District Hama
Subdistrict Suran
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
341
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeN/A

Al-Junaynah (Arabic : الجنينة, also spelled Jneineh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Suran Subdistrict of Hama District, located 85 kilometers (53 mi) northeast of Hama. The village lies on the road connecting Hama with Aleppo via al-Hamraa and Qasr Ibn Wardan. It is 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from the ancient town of Androna. [1]

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According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Junaynah had a population of 341 in the 2004 census. [2] Its inhabitants are Alawites. [3] The main economic activity in the village is rainfed agriculture and sheepraising. [1]

History

In 1890, al-Junaynah was sold by the Ma'adid clan of the Mawali tribe of central Syria to the prominent Kaylani family of Hama. Its inhabitants were Alawite tenant farmers who were originally settled there to cultivate its lands in the 1920s or early 1930s. [3]

In 1990, a municipality was established to administer the village. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "بلدية الجنينة (Al Geneina Municipality)" (in Arabic). Hama Governorate - Technology and Information Directorate. 21 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004" . Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  3. 1 2 Comité de l'Asie française 1933, pp. 131–133.

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