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]