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Basufan

Afrin Subdistrict, Syria

Basufan (Kurdish: Basûfan) (sometimes spelled Bassoûfâne, Bassoufane, Bosoufane, Bāşūfān) is an ancient village located in northwestern Syria. The village is populated by Yazidis and had a population of 901 in the 2004 census according to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), and had a population of 2059 according to the civil registry records at the end of 2005. The village is notable for being the site of a former fifth-century church dedicated to Saint Phocas.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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