Maradash (, also spelled ''Mirdash'') is a
Syrian
Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...
village
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located in
Shathah Subdistrict in
Al-Suqaylabiyah District
Al-Suqaylabiyah District ( ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091. Its capital city, administrative centre is the city of al-Suqayla ...
,
Hama
Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maradesh had a population of 1899 in the 2004 census. It had a population of 600 in the early 1960s. 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 ...
.
[Boulanger, 1966, p. 451.]
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Populated places in al-Suqaylabiyah District
Alawite communities in Syria
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