Al-Ghassaniyah ( ar, الغسانية) is a
Syrian village
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located in
Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah
Jisr al-Shughur Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز جسر الشغور) is a Syrian ''nahiyah
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consist ...
in
Jisr al-Shughur District
Jisr ash-Shugur District ( ar-at, منطقة جسر الشغور, manṭiqat Ǧisr aš-Šuġūr) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Jisr ash-Shugur. At the 2004 census, the distri ...
,
Idlib. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Ghassaniyah had a population of 389 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Greek Orthodox and
Catholic
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Christians
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.
References
Populated places in Jisr al-Shughur District
Christian communities in Syria
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