Oyoun al-Wadi

Oyoun al-Wadi
عيون الوادي
Village
Oyoun al-Wadi is located in Syria
Oyoun al-Wadi
Oyoun al-Wadi
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°52′40″N 36°16′18″E / 34.87778°N 36.27167°E / 34.87778; 36.27167
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictShin
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
772
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Oyoun al-Wadi (Arabic: عيون الوادي, romanizedʿUyūn al-Wādī), also transliterated Oyoun Alwadi) is a village in central Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. It is located just west of Mashta al-Helu. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Oyoun al-Wadi had a population of 772 in the 2004 census.[1] In 2012, it had an estimated permanent population of 2,000.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.

As of 2012, the principal sources of income for Oyoun al-Wadi's inhabitants derived from remittances from the village's expatriates and the typically productive apple harvests.[2]

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ a b Mitri, Kenan (27 April 2012). ""عيون الوادي"... ينابيع تزرع في الإنسان العطاء (Oyoun al-Wadi: Springs that Plant Generosity in People". e-Syria (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 January 2025.

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