Al-Bariqiyah
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| Al-Bariqiyah البارقية Barqieh |
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| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Safita |
| Subdistrict | Bariqiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 3,627 |
Al-Bariqiyah (Arabic: البارقية, also spelled Barqieh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. It is situated between Safita to the west, Mashta al-Helu to the north and the Wadi al-Nasara area to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bariqiyah had a population of 3,627 in the 2004 census. Its is the administrative center of the al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict, which consisted of eight localities with a total population of 7,336.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
