Oyoun al-Wadi
عيون الوادي | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 34°52′40″N 36°16′18″E / 34.87778°N 36.27167°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Homs |
District | Homs |
Subdistrict | Shin |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 772 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Oyoun al-Wadi (Arabic: عيون الوادي, romanized: ʿUyūn 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]