Jidrin (, also spelled ''Jadrin'') is a

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

n village located in the

Hirbnafsah Subdistrict Hirbnafsah Subdistrict () is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Hama District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hirbnafsah Subdistrict had a population of 54,592 in the 2004 census. References ...

Hama District Hama District ( ') is a district ( mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the time of the 2023 Census, it had a population of 1,054,000 Its administrative centre is the city of Hama. It is now controlled by the Syrian ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jidrin had a population of 1,215 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Alawites Alawites () are an Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate Ali ...

. It was recorded as a

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Musli ...

village in 1838.

Smith Smith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England ** List of people ...

, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
179
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* Alawite communities in Syria Populated places in Hama District {{HamaSY-geo-stub