Daminah al-Sharqiyah () is a village in central

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, administratively part of the

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, south of

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. Nearby localities include

Shinshar Shinshar (, also spelled Shanshar) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located between Homs to the north, al-Qusayr, Syria, al-Qusayr to the southwest and Shamsin to the south. According to the Central Bur ...

to the northeast, al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya to the northwest and al-Qusayr to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Daminah al-Sharqiyah had a population of 1,893 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. In 1838 Daminah al-Sharqiyah was classified as an abandoned village by English scholar

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.Smith, 1841, p. 176.

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