# Difa

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|settlement_type        =Village
|other_name             =Difeh
|native_name            = ديفة <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
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|subdivision_name1      = [Latakia](/source/Latakia_Governorate)
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|subdivision_name2      = [Al-Haffah](/source/Al-Haffah_District)
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'''Difa''' ({{langx|ar|ديفة}}, also spelled '''Difeh''') is a village in northwestern [Syria](/source/Syria) administratively part of the Muzayraa Subdistrict of the [al-Haffah District](/source/al-Haffah_District), located east of [Latakia](/source/Latakia). According to the [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (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](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [Alawites](/source/Alawites).<ref>Meismani, 1998, p. 121.</ref> Difa is the birthplace of the well-known poet [Badawi al-Jabal](/source/Badawi_al-Jabal).<ref>Moubayed, 2006, p. 542.</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{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}}

{{Latakia Governorate|haffah}}

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

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