ara ▁(' val ley ▁of ▁the ▁Christians '). ▁Near by ▁local ities ▁include ▁Mar mar ita ▁to ▁the ▁north , ▁al - H uw ash ▁to ▁the ▁east , ▁al - H uw ash ▁to ▁the ▁east , ▁al - H us n ▁to ▁the ▁sout heast , ▁al - Z ar ah ▁to ▁the ▁south , ▁N aar ah ▁and ▁Tell ▁Haw sh ▁to ▁the ▁south west , ▁al - M it ras ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁and ▁al - B ari q iy ah ▁to ▁the ▁north west . ▁ ▁Zwe it ina ▁is ▁perhaps ▁most ▁famous ▁for ▁its ▁al - F aw war ▁spring ▁( ), ▁which ▁is ▁named ▁so ▁because ▁it ▁flows ▁sp or ad ically ; ▁this ▁spring ▁was ▁called ▁Sab te ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁em peror ▁Tit us ▁in ▁Sy ria . ▁The ▁village ▁is ▁also ▁very ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁K rac ▁des ▁Che val iers , ▁or ▁Q al ' at ▁al - Ḥ i ṣ n . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Sy ria ▁Central ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Statistics ▁( C NS ), ▁Zwe it ina ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 6 9 7 ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁census . ▁Its ▁inhabitants ▁are ▁pre domin antly ▁Greek ▁Orth odox ▁Christians . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁The ▁name ▁Zwe it ina ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁word ▁zeit oun ▁which ▁is ▁Arab ic ▁for ▁o live . ▁Zwe it ina ▁is ▁Arab ic ▁for ▁a ▁single ▁o live ▁fruit . ▁O live ▁trees ▁domin ate