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Al-Thabitiyah ( ar, الثابتية) is a village in the
Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ...
in central Syria, just east of Homs. Nearby localities include
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to the west,
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to the north,
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to the south and Tell Zubaydah to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Thabitiyah had a population of 1,946 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly
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s.


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Populated places in Homs District Shia Muslim communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub