Basimah () 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.. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147
History In 1838, Eli Smith noted that Basimah‘s population was Sunni Muslim.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147
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