Barri Sharqi (Arabic: بري شرقي; also spelled Berri Sharqi) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located east of Hama at the edge of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Tell al-Tut and district center Salamiyah to the west, Aqarib to the north, Suha and Uqayribat to the east and al-Mukharram to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Barri Sharqi had a population of 4,172 in the 2004 census.[1] In 1838 it was classified as a khirba ("ruined village") by English scholar Eli Smith.[2]

Barri Sharqi
بري شرقي
Berri Sharqi
Town
Barri Sharqi is located in Syria
Barri Sharqi
Barri Sharqi
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°58′50″N 37°12′08″E / 34.980643°N 37.202110°E / 34.980643; 37.202110
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictSalamiyah
SubdistrictBarri Sharqi
Population
 (2004)
 • Total4,172
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

References edit

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 177.

Bibliography edit

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.