Al-Hafar, Syria

Al-Hafar
الحفر
Al-Hafr
Village
Al-Hafar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°15′8″N 36°54′14″E / 34.25222°N 36.90389°E / 34.25222; 36.90389
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Sadad
Population (2004)
 • Total 589
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) +3

Al-Hafar (Arabic: الحفر‎, also spelled al-Hafr) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. It is situated in the Syrian Desert, located south of Sadad, west of Huwwarin and northeast of Qarah. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hafar had a population of 589 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Syriac Orthodox Christians.[2]

References

  1. ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ Batatu, Hanna (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. pp. 14, 356. ISBN 0691002541.
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