Al-Mahfurah

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al-Mahfurah
محفورة
Village
al-Mahfurah is located in Syria
al-Mahfurah
al-Mahfurah
Location in Syria
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Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Shin
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,845
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Al-Mahfurah (Arabic: محفورة‎‎) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Shin to the southwest, Suwayri to the south, Sharqliyya to the northeast, al-Qabu to the north, Fahel to the northwest and Rabah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mahfurah had a population of 1,845 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 181.

Bibliography

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