Ruwaysa
Al-Ruwaysa (Arabic: الرويسة; also spelled Rweiseh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus District of Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ruwaysa had a population of 256 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are Alawites. Ruwaysa is home to Syria's largest cement factory.
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ Balanche 2000, p. 253.
Sources
- Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
