Basufan
Basufan
باصوفان | |
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Village | |
Basufan | |
| Coordinates: 36°20′23″N 36°52′30″E / 36.33972°N 36.87500°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Afrin |
| Nahiyah | Afrin |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 901 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
Basufan (Arabic: باصوفان; 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.