Muzayraa

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Muzayraa
مزيرعة
Mzeraa
Town
Mazirah
Muzayraa is located in Syria
Muzayraa
Muzayraa
Location in Syria
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Country  Syria
Governorate Latakia Governorate
District Al-Haffah District
Nahiyah Muzayraa
Population (2004)
 • Total 834
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Muzayraa (Arabic: مزيرعة‎‎, 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 predominantly Christians.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Balanche, 2006, p. 44.

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