Muzayraa
Muzayraa
مزيرعة Mzeraa | |
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| Mazirah | |
  Muzayraa Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°31′52″N 36°4′16″E / 35.53111°N 36.07111°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| 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
[edit]- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Balanche, 2006, p. 44.
Bibliography
[edit]- Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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