Tell al-Nabi Mando

Tell al-Nabi Mando
تل النبي مندو
قادش

Qadesh
Village
Tell al-Nabi Mando

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°33′9″N 36°31′6″E / 34.55250°N 36.51833°E / 34.55250; 36.51833
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Al-Qusayr
Subdistrict Al-Qusayr
Population (2004)
  Total 1,068
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

Tell al-Nabi Mando (Arabic: تل النبي مندو, also known Qadesh Arabic: قادش) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Orontes River. Nearby localities include al-Houz to the north, Kafr Mousa to the northeast, Arjoun to the east, al-Qusayr to the southeast, Zita al-Gharbiyah to the southwest, al-Aqrabiyah to the southwest and al-Naim to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell al-Nabi Mando had a population of 1,068 in the 2004 census.[1] The village is adjacent to the ancient site of Qadesh (a name which also refers to the village), which abuts it to the north. It is an Alawite village.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Rougier, Bernard (13 October 2015). The Sunni Tragedy in the Middle East: Northern Lebanon from al-Qaeda to ISIS. Princeton University Press. p. 214. ISBN 9781400873579.


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