Oyoun al-Wadi
Oyoun al-Wadi
عيون الوادي | |
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Village | |
| Coordinates: 34°52′40″N 36°16′18″E / 34.87778°N 36.27167°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Shin |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 772 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Oyoun al-Wadi (Arabic: عيون الوادي, romanized: ʿUyūn al-Wādī), also transliterated Oyoun Alwadi) is a village in central Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. It is located just west of Mashta al-Helu. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Oyoun al-Wadi had a population of 772 in the 2004 census. In 2012, it had an estimated permanent population of 2,000. Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.
As of 2012, the principal sources of income for Oyoun al-Wadi's inhabitants derived from remittances from the village's expatriates and the typically productive apple harvests.