Hurayra

Hurayra
هريرة
Village
Hurayra
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°39′57″N 36°7′5″E / 33.66583°N 36.11806°E / 33.66583; 36.11806Coordinates: 33°39′57″N 36°7′5″E / 33.66583°N 36.11806°E / 33.66583; 36.11806
Country  Syria
Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate
District Al-Zabadani District
Nahiyah Madaya
Population (2004 census)[1]
  Total 2,455
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Hurayra (Arabic: هريرة) or Harira is a Syrian village in the Al-Zabadani District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hurayra had a population of 2,455 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 146.

Bibliography

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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