Kafr Nan

Kafr Nan
كفرنان
Kefer Nen[1] ( كفر نان )
Village
Kafr Nan
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°53′11″N 36°38′53″E / 34.88639°N 36.64806°E / 34.88639; 36.64806Coordinates: 34°53′11″N 36°38′53″E / 34.88639°N 36.64806°E / 34.88639; 36.64806
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Al-Rastan
Subdistrict Al-Rastan
Population (2004)
 • Total 3,231
Time zone UTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (EEST)

Kfarnan

Kafar Nan (Turkish: Kefer Nen,[1] Arabic: كفر نان‎, translit. Kafar Nan) or Kafr Nan (Arabic: كفرنان‎, translit. Kafrnan, also spelled Kfarnan) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located north of Homs. Nearby localities include Burj Qa'i to the west, Kisin to the northwest, Gharnatah to the northeast, al-Zaafaraniyah to the east, Talbiseh to the southeast, Tasnin to the south and Akrad Dayasinah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Nan had a population of 3,231 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[3]

History

In 1838, its inhabitants were recorded to be Muslims.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri. — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 14 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
  2. ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  3. ↑ "Syria: Humanitarian aid cannot enter Qusair until fighting over". The Daily Star (Lebanon). 2013-06-13.
  4. ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 179.

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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