Schnann ( ar, شنان) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

located in the eastern side of Jebel az-Zawiya in Syria. It is located about 30 km to the south of Idlib and north-west of

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at a distance about 13 km in very rugged terrain. It is in the administrative district of Ariha. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Schnann had a population of 2,025 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
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Architecture

The houses are a mixture of

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and early Islamic

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and AlGhams (mud) houses that were prevalent in the late Ottoman epoch. Modern buildings are built on the sides of a valley from east to west.

Archaeology

Schnann village contains many

archaeological sites An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and ...

belonging mostly to the Romans and Byzantines. Umm Serfos was a station for the caravans that went from

Ebla Ebla ( Sumerian: ''eb₂-la'', ar, إبلا, modern: , Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located about southwest of Aleppo near the village of Mardikh. Ebla was an important center t ...

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. Its impacts are visible in a highland area west of the village. It operates as a summer resort because it remains cool in the summer and offers a beautiful view to Eastern region of the village. The village contains many Roman

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carved in the rock and hidden in caves. It also contains a plate carved in the rock with a painting of

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 unti ...

, with a lion and a young girl.

Economy

The primary occupation is

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, despite the severe ruggedness of its terrain. A main crop is

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s. Production reached more than 75 tons of apricots in 2008.

Services

The village hosts two

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for basic education (first cycle and second cycle), a branch for Consumption (Cooperative)

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, a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

, a pharmacy. Electricity, water and telephone services are present.

References

External links

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{{Idlib Governorate, ariha Populated places in Ariha District Archaeological sites in Idlib Governorate