Qalatiyah (Arabic: قلاطية, also spelled Qlltia, Kilitia, or Kulleituliyeh) is a village in western Syria in the Wadi al-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians") and administratively belonging to the governorate of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qalatiyah had a population of 724 in the 2004 census.[1]
Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.[4]
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Sprague, Sean. "Syria's Christian Valley". Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
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