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Al-Na'im (; also spelled al-Naeem) is a village in central
Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
, administratively part of the
Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its geography differs in various locations in the governorate, from to . ...
, located southwest of
Homs Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is ...
and northwest of al-Qusayr. Just east of the border with
Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
and on the western shores of
Lake Qattinah Lake Homs () (also called Lake Qattinah, ) is a lake near Homs, Syria, fed by the Orontes River. The Orontes is also the lake's main outflow. The lake is from the city of Homs, and spans over . The lake is artificial, created by the Lake Homs D ...
, nearby localities include al-Aqrabiyah to the south,
Tell al-Nabi Mando Tell al-Nabi Mando (), known in archaeological literature as Tell Nebi Mend and also known as Qadesh () after the Bronze-Age city which stood at almost the same location, is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, ...
,
Arjoun Arjoun (, also spelled Arcun or Arjoon), is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the southwest, al-Qusayr to the southeast, al-Dabaah to the ...
,
al-Houz Al-Houz (, also spelled al-Huz) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated at the southern edge of Lake Qattinah, nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the southwest, Arjoun a ...
to the southeast,
Kafr Mousa Kafr Mousa (, also spelled Kafr Musa) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located south of Homs. Nearby localities include Ghassaniya to the north, Damina al-Gharbiya to the east, al-Qusayr to the southe ...
and al-Ghassaniyah to the east, Khirbet Ghazi to the northeast and Wujuh al-Hajar and Liftaya to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Na'im had a population of 2,290 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate.


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Populated places in al-Qusayr District {{HomsSY-geo-stub