Hish (Arabic: حِيش, romanized: Ḥīš, also spelled Heish or Heesh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ma'arrat al-Numan District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hish had a population of 8,817 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hish Subdistrict, which contained 18 localities with a combined population of 41,231 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

Hish حِيش
Town
Hish Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°32′47″N 36°38′35″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Idlib
District	Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict	Hish
Population  (2004)
• Total	8,817
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Nearby localities include Kafr Nabl, Hass, Kafr Ruma and Maarrat al-Numan to the north, Babulin and al-Tah to the east, Kafr Sajnah to the west and Khan Shaykhun to the south. Hish was a small hamlet in the 1960s.[2]

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