Hirbnafsah Explained

Official Name:Hirbnafsah
Native Name:حر بنفسه
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Coordinates:34.9372°N 36.6217°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Hama
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hama
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Hirbnafsah
Population Total:3,574
Population As Of:2004
Population Density Km2:auto

Hirbnafsah (Arabic: حر بنفسه|Hīrbnafseh, also spelled Harb Nafseh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Deir al-Fardis to the north, Tumin and al-Rastan to the east, Kisin and Kafr Nan to the south, Talaf to the southwest, . According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hirbnafsah had a population of 3,574 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and sixth largest locality of the Hirbnafsah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of 26 localities with a collective population of 54,592.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

The Syria geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi mentioned that Hirbnafsah was "a village of Hims" when he visited in 1225 during Ayyubid rule.[3]

During the ongoing Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, opposition sources claimed that 40 people in Hirbnafsa were killed as a result of Syrian Army and pro-government militia bombardment on 6 August 2012. Other opposition accounts put the fatality figure at 11, including five children.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130112152542/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-3-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. [Eli Smith|Smith]
  3. Le Strange, 1890, p. 448
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19145431 Syria TV 'hit by bomb attack' in Damascus