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Jandar, Syria

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official_nameJandar
other_nameJendar
native_nameجندر
settlement_typeVillage
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pushpin_mapSyria
pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_mapsize250
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Syria
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameFlag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Homs Governorate
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Homs District
subdivision_type3Nahiya
subdivision_name3Hisyah
population_as_of2004
population_total3,423
population_blank1_titleEthnicities
population_blank2_titleReligions
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Jandar (, also spelled Jendar) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 30 kilometers south of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Qusayr to the west, Shamsin to the north, Dardaghan to the east and Hisyah to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jandar had a population of 3,423 in the 2004 census.

In 2008, Syria's first sugar refinery was built in Jandar. The refinery was a $100 million joint project between Syrian businessman Najib Assaf, government-owned SugarInvest, multinational Cargill, Brazilian company Crystalsev and the Dubai-based Wellington Group. A natural gas power plant is located in Jandar. The Jandar Resort, the largest resort in the country is also located outside the village on the opposite side of the main highway between Homs and Damascus.

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  1. [https://archive.today/20121209052524/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-9-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Homs Governorate. {{in lang. ar
  2. The Report, Emerging Syria, 2007, p. 90.
  3. DIANE Publishing Company, p. 71.
  4. [http://www.globalvision-investment.com/jandarresort.html Jandar Resort] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-09-07 . Global Vision Investment. 2010.)
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