Difa
Difa (Arabic: 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. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. Difa is the birthplace of the well-known poet Badawi al-Jabal.
References
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Meismani, 1998, p. 121.
- ^ Moubayed, 2006, p. 542.
Bibliography
- Meismani, Julie Scott (1998), Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, vol. 1, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780415185714
- Moubayed, Sami M. (2006), Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000, Cune Press, ISBN 9781885942401
