412:- I have added some sourced information to the article. The location is a town and seems to have a large cement factory. The fact that it is difficult to find reliable sources mentioning the town is probably because such sources are in Arabic. We should be wary of adopting an English language bias and thinking that settlements in the US or UK are notable while similar size settlements elsewhere are not.
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