Qalb Loze

Qalb Loze
قلب لوزة
Qalb Lawzah
Village
The basilica at Qalb Loze
The basilica at Qalb Loze
Qalb Loze is located in Syria
Qalb Loze
Qalb Loze
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 36°10′9″N 36°34′50″E / 36.16917°N 36.58056°E / 36.16917; 36.58056
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictHarem
SubdistrictQurqania
Boroughs/ Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Katibat al-Ghuraba al-Turkistan
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,290

Qalb Loze (Arabic: قلب لوزة, also spelled Qalb Lawzah or Qalb Lozeh) is a Druze village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Aleppo. It is situated near the border with Turkey, in the A'la Mountain and is part of an area known as the "Dead Cities". According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qalb Loze had a population of 1,290 in the 2004 census.[1]

The village is well-noted for its 5th-century church and other Byzantine-era ruins.[2] Its name Qalb Lozeh translates as "Heart of the Almond".[3] Most of the residents work in agriculture and primarily cultivate tobacco and olives.[2] The tobacco is used for the local cigarette industry.[4]

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived February 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AFP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Betts, 1990, p. 61.
  4. ^ Nelles Guide, 1999, p. 105.

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