| Al-Hafar | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Other Name: | الحفر |
| Native Name: | ܐܚܦܪ |
| Pushpin Map: | Syria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Homs |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Homs |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sadad |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Population Total: | 589 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 34.2522°N 36.9039°W |
Al-Hafar (Syriac: ܐܚܦܪ, Arabic: الحفر|al-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]
. Hanna Batatu. Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. 1999. 0691002541. 14, 356.