Aslihah

Aslihah الاصلحة Asleha, Al-Aslihah
Village
Aslihah
Coordinates: 32°41′13″N 36°28′47″E / 32.68694°N 36.47972°E / 32.68694; 36.47972
Grid position	289/233
Country	Syria
Governorate	Suwayda
District	Suwayda
Subdistrict	Suwayda
Population  (2004)
• Total	361
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Aslihah (Arabic: الاصلحة, also spelled Aslihah or Asleha) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate, located south of Suwayda. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 361.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.

Demographics

According to statistics from 1927, Aslihah had a population of 237 inhabitants, all of whom were recorded as Christians.^[2]

The inhabitants of Aslihah are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.^[3][4] They are estimated to form three-fourths of the total population.^[5]

Religious buildings

• St. George Greek Orthodox Church was built in 1934 over an older structure.^[5][6]

See also

• Christians in Syria

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
2. Betts, 1988, p. 60
3. Betts, 1988, p. 60
4. Boulanger, 1966, p. 517
5. Dick, Marlin (May–June 2004). "Deep Roots in a Fertile Land". ONE Magazine. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
6. https://albishara.net/church/details/3121

Bibliography

• Betts, Robert Brenton (1988). The Druze. Yale University Press. p. 60.
• Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran.