Kunaysah ( ar, كنيسة, also spelled ''Knisa'') is a village in northern Syria located northwest of
Homs 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 ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kunaysah had a population of 1,504 in the 2004 census. The village was noted in 1838 by
Eli Smith.
[Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
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Populated places in Homs District
Alawite communities in Syria
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