Matnin ( ar, متنين, also spelled Mitneen) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the

Hama Governorate Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the south, Raqqa Governorate to t ...

, located just west of

Hama Hama ( ar, حَمَاة ', ; syr, ܚܡܬ, ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit=fortress; Biblical Hebrew: ''Ḥamāṯ'') 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 provinci ...

. Nearby localities include

Tayzin Tayzin ( ar, تيزين, also spelled Tizin) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located just west of Hama. Nearby localities include Matnin to the north, al-Rabiaa to the southwest, Umm al-Tuyur to ...

to the north,

al-Rabiaa Al-Rabiaa ( ar, الربيعة, also spelled al-Rabie or Rabi'a) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, west of Hama. Nearby localities include Tayzin and Matnin to the east, Kafr al-Tun to the north, ...

to the west,

Birin Birin ( ar, بيرين) is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District Hama District ( ar, منطقة حماة ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the time of the 2004 ...

to the south and

Kafr Buhum Kafr Buhum ( ar, كفر بهم, Syriac: ܟܟܦܪ ܒܚܡ, ), also known as Kfarbou, is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 9 km southwest of Hama, north Damascus and south of Aleppo. Nearby loc ...

to the southeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Matnin had a population of 2,446 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

s.Rosen, Nir
Assad's Alawites: The guardians of the throne
'' Al Jazeera English''. 2011-10-11.

References

{{Hama Governorate, hama Populated places in Hama District