Editing Village (section)

===Syria===
[[Syria]] contains a large number of villages that vary in size and importance, including the ancient, historical and religious villages, such as [[Ma'loula]], [[Sednaya]], and [[Barad, Syria|Brad]] (Mar Maroun's time). The diversity of the Syrian environments creates significant differences between the Syrian villages in terms of the economic activity and the method of adoption. Villages in the south of Syria ([[Hauran]], [[Jabal al-Druze]]), the north-east (the Syrian island) and the [[Orontes River]] basin depend mostly on agriculture, mainly grain, vegetables, and fruits. Villages in the region of [[Damascus]] and [[Aleppo]] depend on trading. Some other villages, such as [[Marmarita]] depend heavily on tourist activity.

Mediterranean cities in [[Syria]], such as [[Tartus]] and [[Latakia]] have similar types of villages. Mainly, villages were built in very good sites which had the fundamentals of the rural life, like water. An example of a Mediterranean Syrian village in Tartus would be [[al-Annazah]], which is a small village that belongs to the area of [[al-Sawda|al-Sauda]]. The area of al-Sauda is called a ''[[nahiya]]''.