🧿 Fafertin

Fafertin is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Sem'an region of the Dead Cities. The village was founded in the 4th century CE, and in 2011 it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Dead Cities. The only structure preserved in the village is the apse of its church, one of the oldest surviving churches in the world. It had a population of 507 in the 2004 census.