Beit Jinn

Beit Jinn
بيت جن
Beit Jinn is located in Syria
Beit Jinn
Beit Jinn
Location within Syria
Coordinates: 33°18′38″N 35°55′8″E / 33.31056°N 35.91889°E / 33.31056; 35.91889
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictQatana
SubdistrictBeit Jinn
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total
2,846
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11
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Beit Jinn (Arabic: بيت جن), also known as Bayt Jin, Beit Jann or Beyt Jene, is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus on the foothills of Mount Hermon. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Jinn had a population of 2,846 at the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni.

The village is the administrative center of the Beit Jinn subdistrict, which consists of nine villages, with a combined population of 15,668. The subdistrict has Sunni population and contains a Druze religious shrine. Nearby localities include Arnah to the north, Darbal to the northeast, Mazraat Beit Jinn to the east, Harfa to the southeast, and Hader to the southwest. The Nahr al-Awaj river (generally identified with the biblical Pharpar) passes near the town.