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As-Sukhnah

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Al-Sukhnah (Arabic: السخنة‎, translation: "the Hot [Springs]", also spelled al-Sukhanah) is a town in eastern Syria under the administration of the Homs Governorate, located east of Homs in the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Mayadin and al-Asharah to the east, al-Taybah and al-Raqqah to the north, Salamiyah to the west, Arak, Syria and Tadmur (Palmyra) to the southwest.

According to Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sukhnah had a population of 16,173 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Sukhnah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of six localities with a collective population of 21,880 in the 2004 census. The town's inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. Al-Sukhnah has attracted hundreds of residents from nearby villages in the past century[4] and is currently a processing center for natural gas.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As-Sukhnah,_Syria
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Coordinates:   34°52'59"N   38°52'22"E

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  • Unknown SAA (guest)
    Liberated by the SAA on the 5th of August, 2017.
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