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Bidama


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official_nameBidama
native_nameبِدَامَا
pushpin_mapSyria
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameFlag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Idlib Governorate
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Jisr al-Shughur District
subdivision_type3Subdistrict
subdivision_name3Bidama Subdistrict
settlement_typeTown
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established_title3
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population_as_of2004 census
population_total4,162
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Bidama (; also spelled Bdama and Badama) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located northwest of Idlib along the border with Turkey. Nearby localities include al-Najiyah to the southeast, Jisr al-Shughur to the east, Shughur al-Fuqani and al-Janudiyah to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bidama had a population of 4,162 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center and the second largest locality of the Bidama nahiyah which consisted of 14 localities with a combined population of 18,501 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim Kurds.

Ancient ruins are situated just to the northeast of the town.

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  1. [http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB07-23-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive. link. (2013-02-06 . [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Idlib Governorate. {{in lang. ar
  2. Boulanger, 1966, pp. 474-475.
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