Difa

{{Infobox settlement |name =Difa |settlement_type =Village |other_name =Difeh |native_name = ديفة  |nickname = |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Syria  |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Syria |pushpin_mapsize =250  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Latakia |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Al-Haffah |subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict |subdivision_name3 = Muzayraa |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Metric  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of =2004 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =403 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|35|31|10|N|35|59|8|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Difa''' ({{langx|ar|ديفة}}, also spelled '''Difeh''') is a village in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Muzayraa Subdistrict of the al-Haffah District, located east of Latakia. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Difa had a population of 403 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[https://archive.today/20130112122604/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-18-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.<ref>Meismani, 1998, p. 121.</ref> Difa is the birthplace of the well-known poet Badawi al-Jabal.<ref>Moubayed, 2006, p. 542.</ref>

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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{Citation|first=Julie Scott|last=Meismani|title=Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sx1bqgibKhQC&dq=badawi+jabal&pg=PA121|volume=1|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1998|isbn=9780415185714}} *{{Citation|first=Sami M.|last=Moubayed|title=Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sC-xU8QHSooC&dq=badawi+jabal&pg=PA543|publisher=Cune Press|year=2006|isbn=9781885942401}} {{refend}}

Category:Populated places in al-Haffah District Category:Alawite communities in Syria

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