Basimah

Basimah
بسيمة
Village
Basimah, in the 1880s, from Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, vol 2, p. 199
Basimah
Coordinates: 33°36′17″N 36°11′41″E / 33.60472°N 36.19472°E / 33.60472; 36.19472
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictQudsaya District
NahiyahQudsaya
Population
 (2004 census)
  Total
2,812
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11

Basimah (Arabic: بسيمة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northwest of Damascus in the Wadi Barada. Nearby localities include Ain al-Fijah, Deir Qanun, al-Dimas, Jdeidat al-Wadi, Deir Muqaran and Kfeir al-Zayt. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Basimah had a population of 2,812 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.