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stone that al-Sawda's inhabitants previously used to construct the buildings of their town, including the main church. During the late
Ottoman era, basalt-based masonry served as a principal industry in al-Sawda, employing up to 400 inhabitants by the beginning of the French Mandate period. The
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372:al-Shaykh Badr District
1251:Brummanet al-Mashayekh
421:Balanche, 2006, p. 47.
297:Greek Orthodox Church
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201: • Summer (
100:34.98222°N 35.94361°E
19:Town in Tartus, Syria
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1063:Bayt al-Shaykh Yunis
687:Dweir al-Shaykh Saad
446:Abdel Karim, Dalia.
267:Dweir al-Shaykh Saad
437:. (1895). Page 275.
342:Sheikh Salih al-Ali
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1160:Duraykish District
1088:Khirbet Abu Hamdan
565:Tartus Governorate
505:Lee, Jess (2010).
466:Lee, 2010, p. 173.
338:1919 Syrian Revolt
269:to the southwest,
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247:Tartus Governorate
175: • Total
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682:Duwayr Taha
456:(in Arabic)
404:(in Arabic)
319:During the
161:Subdistrict
137:Governorate
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1303:Categories
1141:al-Tulay'i
1105:al-Malloua
986:al-Tawahin
892:Dahr Safra
851:al-Annazah
769:(includes
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615:Aqir Zayti
610:al-Annazah
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378:References
293:Christians
170:Population
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88:34°58′56″N
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1173:Duraykish
1110:al-Mitras
1083:al-Kafrun
1058:al-Karama
1036:Ayn Hifad
945:al-Qadmus
934:Mqarmideh
929:al-Marqab
867:Ayn Qadib
796:al-Zarqat
307:The name
295:, of the
184:Time zone
1180:al-Baqaa
1068:al-Bitar
967:al-Rawda
956:al-Qulou
951:Qarqafti
924:Kharibeh
914:Huraysun
882:al-Bayda
766:al-Sawda
748:Maraqiya
667:Bimalkah
647:Baashtar
574:Capital:
484:(2006).
452:E-Tartus
355:mantiqah
350:Baathist
313:basaltic
309:al-Sawda
223:Al-Sawda
165:Al-Sawda
149:District
69:Al-Sawda
26:Al-Sawda
1093:al-Maab
997:Zallalu
973:Taanita
939:Osaibah
902:Fneitiq
872:Barmiya
843:Baniyas
786:Tayshur
716:Khawabi
704:Kafr Fo
677:Dibbash
620:Areimeh
366:in the
364:nahiyah
340:led by
329:Khawabi
321:Ottoman
303:History
288:nahiyah
279:Khawabi
255:Annazah
239:al-Soda
117:Country
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1192:Hababa
1136:al-Sur
1029:Safita
857:Adimeh
791:Yahmur
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657:Bahuzi
652:Bahnin
642:Azzayt
632:Arzuna
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231:السودا
227:Arabic
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1078:Jenin
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243:Syria
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