{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | official_name = Maradash | other_name = Mirdash | native_name = مرداش | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Village <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Syria <!-- the name of a location map as per [[Template:Location map]] --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria <!-- Location ------------------> | coordinates = {{coord|35|27|N|36|15|E|region:SY_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} [[Syria]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Syria|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Hama Governorate|Hama]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Syria|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Al-Suqaylabiyah District]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Nahiyah|Subdistrict]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Shathah Subdistrict]] <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1899 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | blank_name_sec1 = City Qrya Pcode | blank_info_sec1 = C3181 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Maradash''' ({{langx|ar|مرداش}}, also spelled ''Mirdash'') is a [[Syrian]] [[village]] located in [[Shathah Subdistrict]] in [[Al-Suqaylabiyah District]], [[Hama Governorate|Hama]]. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), Maradesh had a population of 1,899 in the 2004 census.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2014-07-10}}</ref> It had a population of 600 in the early 1960s. Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Alawites]].<ref>Boulanger, 1966, p. 451.</ref>
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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Boulanger|title=The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2a8LAQAAIAAJ&q=Tell+Selhab+Hama|publisher=Hachette|year=1966}} {{refend}}
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