Skip to content
EntityQ1645039· pop 12· linked from 651 articles

Sarmin ( also spelled Sarmeen) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located 15 kilometers southeast of Idlib. It has an altitude of about 390 meters. Nearby localities include Binnish to the north, Talhiyah to the northeast, Afs to the east, Saraqib to the southeast, al-Nayrab to the south and Qminas to southwest. The Taftanaz Military Airbase is located to the northeast.

Weather now

cached 640h ago
22°clear sky
82% 4.9 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality
سرمين
Region
محافظة إدلب
Country
سوريا
Population
0
Timezone
Asia/Damascus

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Sarmin
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Idlib
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Idlib
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Sarmin
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2004
Settlement.population_total
14,530
Settlement.timezone
EET

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
سرمين
Population
14530
Elevation
390
Show 1 more fact
native label
سرمين
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Article

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Medieval period
  • Syrian Civil War
  • References
  • Bibliography

Sarmin ( also spelled Sarmeen) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located 15 kilometers southeast of Idlib. It has an altitude of about 390 meters. Nearby localities include Binnish to the north, Talhiyah to the northeast, Afs to the east, Saraqib to the southeast, al-Nayrab to the south and Qminas to southwest. The Taftanaz Military Airbase is located to the northeast.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sarmin had a population of 14,530 in the 2004 census. It is the only locality in the Sarmin nahiyah ("subdistrict"). Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

On the map

2 mapped locations

Connections

Categories