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Al-Hafar, Syria

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Al-Hafar
ܐܚܦܪ
الحفر
Village
Al-Hafar is located in Syria
Al-Hafar
Al-Hafar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°15′8″N 36°54′14″E / 34.25222°N 36.90389°E / 34.25222; 36.90389
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictSadad
Population
 (2004)
 • Total589
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Al-Hafar (Syriac: ܐܚܦܪ, Arabic: الحفر, romanizedal-Ḥafr, also spelled al-Hafr) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. It is situated in the Syrian Desert, located south of Sadad, west of Huwwarin and northeast of Qarah. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hafar had a population of 589 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Syriac Christians of Aramean (Syriac) descent, and some of them still speak Aramaic as a second language.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "The aramaic Villages".
  3. ^ Batatu, Hanna (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. pp. 14, 356. ISBN 0691002541.
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