Official Name: | Gharnatah |
Native Name: | غرناطة |
Other Name: | al-Ghajar |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 34.8958°N 36.6844°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Homs |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Rastan |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Rastan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 5,366 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Gharnatah (Arabic: غرناطة|al-Gharnātah) or al-Ghajar (Arabic: الغجر|al-Ghājar also known as Ghajar Amir) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Rastan District, located north of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Gharnatah had a population of 5,366 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims of Turkmen descent.[2]