Muzayraa
Muzayraa مزيرعة Mzeraa | |
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Mazirah | |
35°31′52″N 36°4′16″E / 35.53111°N 36.07111°E / 35.53111; 36.07111 | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Latakia |
District | al-Haffah |
Subdistrict | Muzayraa |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 834 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Muzayraa (Arabic: مزيرعة, romanized: Muzayri`ah, Mzera'a or Mazirah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia. Nearby localities include Difa and Hanadi to the west, al-Jandiriyah to the northwest, al-Haffah and Ayn al-Tineh to the north, Slinfah to the northeast, Shathah to the east and Qardaha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muzayraa had a population was 834 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and the fourth largest locality of the Muzayraa nahiyah ("subdistrict") which contained 27 localities with a collective population of 13,908 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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