Al-Hamrat

Al-Hamrat
الحمرات
Al-Hamrat
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°27′20″N 36°53′21″E / 34.45556°N 36.88917°E / 34.45556; 36.88917
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Riqama
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,624
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) +3

Al-Hamrat (Arabic: الحمرات‎) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is situated in a plain along the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include the subdistrict center of al-Riqama to the north, Shayrat to the northeast, Sadad to the south, Hisyah to the southwest and Jandar to the northwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hamrat had a population of 1,624 in the 2004 census.[1] It has Syria's only Spoonbill breeding colony.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ↑ A Framework for Integrated Wetland Management of Jabbul Agro-Ecosystem. ICARDA. June 2009. p. 12. ISBN 9789291272280.
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